Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Ratings: Biden Inaugural Concert Special Scores on Every Broadcast Network, Handily Beats Fox Shows

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Fox TV gambled and lost last night.

They were the only network that didn’t show the Biden Inaugural special from 8 to 10pm featuring Tom Hanks, an array of stars, and a rare appearance by three former presidents. Instead they had “The Masked Dancer” and “Name that Tune.”

And they lost the ratings night. Every other network beat them, handily.

Fox had 2.7 million older viewers for the main 90 minutes, from 8:30 to 10pm.

ABC and NBC had about 4 million apiece. CBS averaged around 3 million.

Numbers aren’t in yet for cable, but MSNBC, CNN, and CNBC should be good, too.

Will Fox continue to make their brand of partisan politics take precedent over common sense? Now their right wing mentality has seeped into the entertainment side of the company. Stockholders, take note!

 

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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