Meet Megyn Kelly - a rising super star, often challenging O'Reilly's numbers at Fox News. She was chosen "# 1" by those who grade cable Congrats to her.


And then there’s Megyn Kelly. Technically, Kelly has been with Fox News for a decade, joining as a Washington, D.C. correspondent in 2004. But it’s been in the last calendar year Kelly catapulted from rising star to being lauded as the heir apparent to Barbara Walters in terms of female TV news anchors. Inserted into Fox News’ primetime lineup in October, 2013 at 9pmET–the first major change Fox News chief Roger Ailes has made to the network’s lineup in over a decade–Kelly’s star was born in 2014
Compared to her launch month, Kelly is up double digits in total viewers and the coveted 25-54 demographic. She grew the 9 p.m. ET hour 25 percent in total viewer and 45 percent in the demo (Sean Hannity was her predecessor at 9 p.m.). November marked the first month Kelly was the top program in all of cable news in the younger demo, beating typical kingpin Bill O’Reilly by delivering 555,000 demo viewers; she also had her highest total viewers month in November with 2.8 million viewers.
But beyond the ratings, in a little over a year in Fox News primetime, Kelly has catapulted from popular TV news anchor to appointment TV. She’s also developed the key knack for creating viral TV news — in some instances–when you least expect it.  (text from The Wrap, here).  

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