Fox's Henry, Regan Defend Cavuto After Trump Attacks

President Donald Trump attacked Neil Cavuto Thursday and Friday, tweeting that the Fox News anchor has “very bad ratings.” However, The Wrap did a review of Nielsen ratings data shows that Cavuto’s 4 p.m. ET show, “Your World,” is seeing immense gains compared to this month last year — while other competitors in that time slot are falling behind their previous numbers.

So @TeamCavuto has very bad ratings on @foxnews with his Fake guests like A.B.Stoddard and others that still haven’t figured it all out. Will he get the same treatment as his friend Shepherd Smith, who also suffered from the ratings drought?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2020

For February 2020, “Your World” is the eighth highest-rated cable news program in total viewers, bringing in 2.246 million average total viewers. It’s also the ninth highest-rated cable news show in the advertiser-coveted age demographic of 25-54, bringing in 352,000 total average viewers in that range.

Those numbers are up 45% and 41% from last February, respectively. Last February, “Your World” brought in 1.553 million average total viewers, and of those, 250,000 were in the 25-54 demo.

Meanwhile, several Fox News anchors and pundits have come to the defense of longtime Fox News and Fox Business anchor Neil Cavuto, calling him an "outstanding man" and "utmost journalist" after he faced criticism from President Trump at a rally on Wednesday night.

The Hill reports Fox News anchor Ed Henry replied “Neil Cavuto, from the first day I walked into Fox News Channel, has always been an outstanding man and outstanding journalist, and I want to stand up for him as well.”

Later on Fox Business, "Trish Regan Primetime" host Trish Regan also defended Cavuto, who also serves as senior vice president and managing editor of business news for both Fox News and Fox Business.

“It’s come to my attention the president, while speaking to the crowd in Colorado Springs, said something disparaging against one of my colleagues,” Regan said in addressing viewers directly. “I can tell you that about Neil," she continued. "He is a fair person, a fair guy, and a good man. So I’m disappointed that the president said those things. Because Neil Cavuto is one guy who doesn’t deserve it.”

Last summer, Cavuto said in a closing monologue on his Fox News program that the network doesn't work for Trump after the president said the cable news network "isn't working for us anymore."


"Mr. President, we don’t work for you. I don’t work for you,” Cavuto said on "Your World."

“My job is to cover you, not fawn over you or rip you. Just report on you," he added.