Fox News Tops Basic Cable in August Ratings

Reuters: Fox News Channel scored the highest prime-time ratings among all basic cable television networks in August, according to Nielsen data, led by the Republican presidential candidates’ debate and anchor Megyn Kelly’s “The Kelly File.” Fox News Channel’s total viewers rose 34 percent to average roughly 2.4 million from a year earlier, the data showed. Of the total, 524,000 were ages 25 to 54, the key group for advertisers on cable news.