For the first time in 18 years, MSNBC came out ahead of Fox News last week with an average of 1.56 million viewers to Fox’s 1.54, according to a Thursday Politico report.
Those viewers tuned in from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. from Dec. 17-21.
Per Politico, the last time MSNBC bested Fox by that standard was back on Election Day in 2000.
Last week, MSNBC also topped Fox News in the highly sought-after 25- to 54-year-old demographic and hosted the most-watched program, “The Rachel Maddow Show.”