Found this article on February ratings:
https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/the-...ry-2019/395299
Interestingly, Hannity back to #1, but basically Hannity, Tucker carlson (who IS great) and Maddow are all but tied, then a gap and 3-4 more Fox shows, then another gap, etc.
What's very interesting in their article is this tidbit:
not one cable news program in the top 10 in this category that existed last year posted audience growth vs. February 2018. Anderson Cooper 360 was only -7 percent in the demo vs. the prior February, but each of the other shows were down double digits year-over-year.
What that says to me is that these shows are experiencing a shift in viewing habits overall more than any shift in political alignment. I imagine people are just not watching live TV in this format as much and are going more async over the net. Same effect as with newspapers, just not as dramatic.
so I don't see a trend here, I see a fluctuation at the top that's pretty normal within the range, and I see some exogenous trends on the whole industry. it's true Fox shows are down versus a year ago, but so are all the others. That's not a political shift, that's a shift in how news is consumed.