A lit Fox News sign hangs above a dark TV studio set at the Republican National Convention
Fox News defeated only CBS News in the number of viewers on election night. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
Fox News defeated only CBS News in the number of viewers on election night. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
Fox News suffers ratings slump on bleak election night for Republicans

In early, preliminary figures, the news channel trailed several other networks in prime-time viewership

On a midterm election night that was a huge disappointment for Republicans, with Democrats taking control of the US House and Senate, the country’s most prominent conservative television network felt the brunt of viewer disillusionment with Donald Trump and his party, according to preliminary audience numbers.