Ratings: Megyn Kelly's Alex Jones Interview Struggles Against US Open Golf

Megyn Kelly’s interview with “InfoWars” host Alex Jones didn’t quite make par last night. Despite Fox airing the final round of its U.S. Open Championship, ABC actually finished atop Sunday primetime’s leaderboard with its game show lineup.

Fox was a close second among the key 18-49 demographic, though CBS was runner-up in total viewers. Neither gets a trophy.

NBC finished third in the key demo, and fourth in terms of overall eyeballs. Kelly’s 7 p.m. newsmagazine show managed just a 0.5 rating/3 share and 3.5 million total viewers.

That’s down from the previous week, when “Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly” averaged 3.6 million viewers in its second outing — which was a 42 percent drop from her June 4 debut, according to TVNewser.

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ABC was first in ratings with a 1.0/5 in the advertiser-coveted demo and in total viewers with an average of 4.9 million, according to preliminary numbers. Following a rerun, “Celebrity Family Feud” at 8 earned a 1.4/6 and 6.1 million viewers. At 9, “Funderdome” posted a 1.0/4 and 5.1 million viewers. “The $100,000 Pyramid” at 10 landed a 0.9/4 and 4.9 million viewers.

Fox was second in ratings with a 0.9/4 and third in viewers with 3.8 million — due to the nature of live sports, however, the Open Championship host network’s numbers are subject to adjustment. After the golf, “American Grit” at 8:30 averaged a 0.6/2 and 1.9 million viewers. A repeat followed.

NBC was third in ratings with a 0.6/3 and fourth in viewers with 2.6 million. Reruns ran after “Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly.”

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CBS and Univision tied for fourth in ratings, both with a 0.4/2. CBS was second in total viewers with 4.3 million, airing just repeats; Univision was fifth with 1.1 million.

Telemundo was sixth in ratings with a 0.2/1 and in viewers with 668,000.

Trump's Relationship to Alex Jones: A Breakdown (Photos)

The recent backlash against Megyn Kelly and NBC for interviewing Alex Jones has renewed the spotlight on the host of conservative show "Info Wars." Kelly said in a statement Tuesday that she wanted to interview Jones because of his ties with President Donald Trump. Here's a breakdown of their relationship.
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Trump and Jones began a relationship on Trump's campaign trail, and have peddled some of the same conspiracy theories, according to Mother Jones. Perhaps Trump's most popular conspiracy theory is that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States (he was), a theory also perpetuated by Jones.
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In December 2015, Trump was a guest on Jones' show. Jones introduced Trump as "a maverick" who "tells it like it is." Jones opened the show by praising Trump for taking attacks from media outlets like the Washington Post and the New York Post. Jones theorizes that the attacks on 9/11 were a hoax; it was surprising that a Republican candidate would go on a show whose host postures that the previous Republican president was part of such an elaborate hoax.
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At a January 2016 campaign event, Trump called Jones "a nice guy."
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In February 2016, senior policy advisor to Trump Stephen Miller appeared on "Info Wars," and repeatedly spoke to Jones' audience asking for support. "If you want to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership, if you want to close the border, if you want to protect American jobs and wages, then you have to support Donald J. Trump," Miller said.
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"Hillary for prison" became the rallying cry at the 2016 Republican National Convention. The phrase was initially found on merchandise on the "Info Wars" website. Jones was a "special guest" at the convention.
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Trump continued to parrot Jones' ideas. Last August, Jones said, "It is surreal to talk about issues here on air, and then word-for-word hear Trump say it two days later."
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Also last August, Jones said on his show that he personally talked to Trump and encouraged him to push the idea that the election would be rigged. Trump did end up pushing this idea. "I'm afraid the election's going to be rigged. I have to be honest," Trump said at an Ohio campaign stop.
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In November 2016, Trump's advisor Roger Stone told the Washington Post that Jones would be a "valuable asset" to Trump.
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After the election, Jones said in an "Info Wars" video that Trump called him to thank him. "I wanted to talk to you to thank your audience," Jones said the then-president-elect told him.
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Even Hillary Clinton weighed in on Trump's reliance on Jones for ideas throughout the campaign, and released an attack ad featuring Jones. "This is what Trump listens to," says the ad as Jones talks about chemicals put in the water to make people gay.
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Jones' website is full of references to "presstitutes," and discredits news organizations like NPR and CNN. Trump is known for discrediting several news organizations. For example, in February he called the media "the enemy."
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POTUS calls conspiracy theorist profiled by Megyn Kelly ”a nice guy“

The recent backlash against Megyn Kelly and NBC for interviewing Alex Jones has renewed the spotlight on the host of conservative show "Info Wars." Kelly said in a statement Tuesday that she wanted to interview Jones because of his ties with President Donald Trump. Here's a breakdown of their relationship.

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Trump's Relationship to Alex Jones: A Breakdown (Photos)

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