Tucker Carlson breaks cable news viewership record as networks' ratings skyrocket

Fox News host Tucker Carlson led cable news in viewership for the second quarter of 2020 as each network experienced seismic growth in their audiences.

Carlson averaged a record-setting 4.3 million viewers and 791,000 in the key 25-54 age demographic for the second quarter, according to Nielsen Media Research. That mark was good enough to surpass his colleague, Sean Hannity, who previously held the record for the largest audience for a quarter. Hannity finished the second quarter averaging more than 4 million viewers, which resulted in the highest-rated quarter in the network’s history.