I'm sure that others have read this, but the ratings for Fox have plummeted since the presidential election in November. They finished dead last in the ratings on Inaugural Day, and their ratings were down a whopping 77% from the 2017 Trump inaugural.
"From Election Day (Nov. 3) through Inauguration Day (Jan. 20), when Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in to succeed Trump as president, CNN was the most-watched cable news network in both total viewers (1.8 million) and those 25-to-54 (501,000), the key news demographic, according to Nielsen ratings.
Fox dropped to third (1.5 million) across the day, trailing MSNBC (1.6 million), although it narrowly leads MSNBC (283,000 to 278,000) among viewers ages 25 to 54.
CNN also took over the top spot among viewers in the key demographic in prime time, where Fox features its biggest hitters – opinion hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham – although Fox remains No. 1 overall."
The article speculates that some Fox viewers have switched to OAN and Newsmax, and that Fox may eventually regain its top-rated status as viewers return to Fox after sampling OAN and Newsmax, and right-wing opposition to Biden grows. I guess we'll see - but it's easy to see why Fox is ditching most of its last remaining straight news staff and digging in even harder on pure opinion shows.
Link:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/01/22/cnn-replaced-fox-top-rated-cable-news-network-post-election/6666017002/