The Ingraham Angle

{{short description|American television talk show}}

{{criticism section|date=July 2023}}

{{primary sources|date=October 2021}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = The Ingraham Angle logo.png

| caption =

| genre = Current affairs program
Opinion-based conservative talk show

| presenter = Laura Ingraham
Raymond Arroyo

| country = United States

| language = English

| location = Washington, D.C.
New York City

{{cite news |last=Flood |first=Brian |date=September 19, 2017 |title=Laura Ingraham joins Fox News' prime-time lineup |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/laura-ingraham-joins-fox-news-prime-time-lineup |work=Fox News |access-date=November 1, 2017}}

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| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 60 minutes

| num_seasons = 7

| company = Fox News

| network = Fox News

| first_aired = {{start date|2017|10|30}}

| last_aired = present

| related = Just In

}}

The Ingraham Angle is an American conservative news and opinion-based talk show that premiered on October 30, 2017, on the Fox News channel.{{Cite web|url=http://press.foxnews.com/2017/09/laura-ingraham-to-host-the-ingraham-angle-weeknights-at-10pmet-on-fox-news-channel/|title=LAURA INGRAHAM TO HOST THE INGRAHAM ANGLE WEEKNIGHTS AT 10PM/ET ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL – Fox News Channel Press|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=September 22, 2017}} The show features Laura Ingraham and guests discussing the day's latest issues, news, as well as controversies. The program airs at 7 p.m. ET.

Guest hosts for the program include Raymond Arroyo, Brian Kilmeade, Jeanine Pirro, Jason Chaffetz, Tammy Bruce, Kayleigh McEnany and Will Cain.

It is the third highest rated cable TV news program for total viewers.Wulfsohn, Joseph A. [https://www.foxnews.com/media/highest-viewership-network-history-msnbc-cnn-2020 Fox News reaches highest viewership in network's history, topping MSNBC, CNN in 2020], Fox News, February 25, 2020. "The Ingraham Angle" averaged 3.6 million viewers, making Laura Ingraham the most-watched woman host in cable news history.

In 2018, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student and shooting survivor David Hogg organized an ongoing boycott of the show following a Twitter post in which Ingraham ridiculed him. The boycott resulted in 27 advertisers dropping the show.

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History

In September 2017, Fox News announced The Ingraham Angle as the newest show in their primetime lineup and following Hannity at a new time of 9 PM ET/6 PM PT starting on October 30, 2017.{{Cite web |url=http://press.foxnews.com/2017/09/laura-ingraham-to-host-the-ingraham-angle-weeknights-at-10pmet-on-fox-news-channel/ |title=LAURA INGRAHAM TO HOST THE INGRAHAM ANGLE WEEKNIGHTS AT 10PM/ET ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL |date=September 18, 2018 |website=Fox News |access-date=April 11, 2018}} Before the show's debut, news anchors took over the 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT time slot under the branding Fox News Tonight.{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/fnctv/index.html|title=TV Schedule {{!}} Fox News|website=Fox News|date=October 3, 2017|access-date=November 2, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003232616/http://www.foxnews.com/fnctv/index.html|archive-date=October 3, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/laura-ingraham-joins-fox-news-prime-time-lineup|title=Laura Ingraham joins Fox News' prime-time lineup|last=Flood|first=Brian|date=September 18, 2017|work=Fox News|access-date=September 22, 2017|language=en-US}} Prior to hosting The Ingraham Angle, Laura Ingraham had been a guest host, guest panelist, and commentator on various Fox News primetime programs including The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity. She has hosted her weekday radio show since 2001.{{Cite web |url=http://1100kfnx.com/index.php?/hosts/lauraingraham/ |title=Laura Ingraham |website=1100KFNX.com |access-date=April 11, 2018}}

The Ingraham Angle{{'}}s debut program guest was White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly. The show garnered {{nowrap|3.3 million}} total viewers with 622,000 news demographic viewers, more than that of MSNBC and CNN.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/laura-ingraham-debut-tv-ratings-win-john-kelly-general-lee-honorable-compromise-civil-war-frederica-wilson-1202198520/ |title=Laura Ingraham's 'Angle' Debut Makes Headlines, Gooses Ratings In Fox News' 10 PM Slot |last=de Moraes |first=Lisa |date=October 31, 2017 |website=Deadline |access-date=April 11, 2018}} Other guests on The Ingraham Angle have included Univision's Jorge Ramos,{{Cite web |url=http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/12/11/jorge-ramos-ingraham-angle-donald-trumps-immigration-policy-make-america-white-again |title=Jorge Ramos: Trump's Immigration Policy Rooted in 'Make America White Again' |last=Insider |first=Fox News |date=December 11, 2017 |website=Fox News |access-date=April 12, 2018}} former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer,{{Cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/glenn-greenwald-on-malfeasance-in-the-mainstream-media/ |title=Glenn Greenwald on malfeasance in the mainstream media |last=Transcript |first=Show |date=December 11, 2017 |website=Fox News |access-date=April 12, 2018}} attorney and former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz,{{Cite web |url=https://www.opslens.com/2017/12/06/dershowitz-pardoning-people-not-impeachable-offense/ |title=Dershowitz: Pardoning People Not Impeachable Offense |date=December 6, 2017 |website=opslens.com |access-date=April 12, 2018}} former Hillary Clinton State Department advisor and Deputy Secretary of State for Strategic Communications Philippe Reines.{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/377175-ex-clinton-aide-gets-personal-with-gorka-in-heated-fox-news-debate/ |title=Ex-Clinton aide gets into heated exchange with Gorka |last=Delk |first=Josh |date=March 7, 2018 |access-date=April 12, 2018}}

On June 26, 2023, it was announced that The Ingraham Angle would move to 7 p.m. ET beginning July 17, 2023, replacing Jesse Watters Primetime (which is moving to 8 p.m. to replace the cancelled Tucker Carlson Tonight) in its former timeslot.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Ted |date=2023-06-26 |title=Fox News Makes Post-Tucker Carlson Primetime Shuffle: Jesse Watters Slotted At 8 PM, Laura Ingraham Moves To 7 PM And Greg Gutfeld Goes To 10 PM |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/fox-news-tucker-carlson-primetime-jesse-watters-laura-ingraham-1235424586/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Controversies

=LeBron James=

In February 2018, Ingraham was criticized after she publicly said that basketball star LeBron James should not talk about politics and that he should "shut up and dribble."{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/19/587097707/laura-ingraham-told-lebron-james-to-shutup-and-dribble-he-went-to-the-hoop|title=Laura Ingraham told LeBron James to Shut Up and Dribble; He Went to the Hoop|work=NPR|access-date=March 28, 2018|author-first1=Emily|author-last1=Sullivan}} Professional athletes complained about Ingraham's comment,Media Matters, Bobby Lewis, February 16, 2018, [https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/02/16/athletes-are-calling-out-laura-ingraham-telling-lebron-james-shut-and-dribble/219409 Athletes are calling out Laura Ingraham for telling LeBron James to "shut up and dribble": Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade: "They use to try and hide it.. now the president has given everyone the courage to live their truths"], Retrieved April 10, 2018 which was in response to James's statement that then-president Donald Trump "doesn't understand the people, and really don't give a f--- about the people."

=New Zealand COVID-19 response=

In October 2020, Ingraham was criticized after she falsely claimed that New Zealand forced arrivals into quarantine "camps" due to COVID-19.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/covid-19-coronavirus-fox-news-host-laura-ingraham-attacks-new-zealand-covid-response/J645WLL7EOVZM2N2V7UGCFJZZ4/|title=Covid 19 coronavirus: Fox News host Laura Ingraham attacks New Zealand Covid response|work=NZHerald|access-date=October 29, 2020}}

=Boycotts=

==March 2018 boycott==

{{main|boycott of The Ingraham Angle}}

On March 28 Ingraham ridiculed college rejections David Hogg received, tweeting: "David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA...totally predictable given acceptance rates.)"{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/29/parkland-student-david-hogg-answers-fox-host-laura-ingrahams-ridicule-ad-boycott-call/468760002/ |title='In the spirit of Holy Week': Fox's Laura Ingraham apologizes to David Hogg after ad boycott |last=Stanglin |first=Doug |date=March 29, 2018 |website=USA Today |access-date=April 5, 2018}}{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/31/laura-ingraham-takes-an-easter-break-amid-david-hogg-controversy-and-advertiser-revolt/ | title=David Hogg rejects Laura Ingraham's apology: 'A bully is a bully' | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=April 1, 2018 | access-date=April 5, 2018 | last=Wootson | first=Cleve}}{{cite web | url=http://fortune.com/2018/04/03/fox-news-laura-ingraham-david-hogg-advertisers/ | title=Fox News Defends Laura Ingraham Over David Hogg Comment, Denouncing Advertising Boycott as 'Intimidation Efforts' | work=Fortune | date=April 3, 2018 | access-date=April 5, 2018 | last=Bach | first=Natasha}}

Hogg responded by accusing Ingraham of cyberbullying and posted a list of Ingraham's advertisers, suggesting they be contacted by his followers.{{cite web|last1=Victor|first1=Daniel|title=Advertisers Drop Laura Ingraham After She Taunts Parkland Survivor David Hogg|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/business/media/laura-ingraham-david-hogg.html|website=The New York Times|date=March 29, 2018}}Business Insider, Bryan Logan, March 29, 2018, [http://www.businessinsider.com/laura-ingraham-david-hogg-college-rejection-letters-2018-3 Rejected by 4 colleges 'and whines about it': A Fox News host mocked a Parkland school shooting survivor — now he's going after her advertisers], Retrieved March 29, 2018, "...David Hogg ... is now going after a conservative talk-show host's advertisers after she made light of his college-rejection letters...."Washington Post, Amy B. Wang and Allyson Chiu, March 29, 2018, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/29/laura-ingraham-savaged-for-taunting-parkland-activist-over-college-rejections/?wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1 'You're a mother': Laura Ingraham faces boycott for taunting Parkland teen over college rejections], Retrieved March 29, 2018 In response to the boycott, 27 advertisers left the show.{{cite web | url=https://www.thewrap.com/mitsubishi-becomes-24th-company-to-drop-laura-ingraham-exclusive/ | title=Mitsubishi Drops Laura Ingraham as Advertiser Boycott Campaign Continues (Exclusive) | work=The Wrap | date=April 11, 2018 | access-date=April 12, 2018 | last=Hod | first=Itay}}{{cite web | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/blue-apron-laura-ingraham_us_5acd8e6be4b09212968cd6bb | title=Laura Ingraham's Sponsors Still Bolting Over Comments About Parkland Survivor | work=Huffington Post | date=April 11, 2018 | access-date=April 11, 2018 | last=Visser | first=Nick}}{{cite web | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/laura-ingraham-ace-hardware_us_5ac6e9c3e4b09d0a1191e4b0 | title=Laura Ingraham Dumped By Yet Another Sponsor Despite Being Off TV For A Week | work=Huffington Post | date=April 6, 2018 | access-date=April 6, 2018 | last=Mazza | first=Ed}}{{cite web|last1=Welk|first1=Brian|title=Here Are the Advertisers David Hogg Convinced to Dump Laura Ingraham|url=https://www.thewrap.com/here-are-the-advertisers-david-hogg-convinced-to-dump-laura-ingraham/|website=TheWrap|date=March 31, 2018}}{{cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/laura-ingraham-david-hogg-advertisements-875876 | title=Laura Ingraham Advertising Boycott: Here Are The Companies That Have Pulled Out of Fox News Host's Show | work=Newsweek | date=April 6, 2018 | access-date=April 7, 2018 | last=Perez | first=Maria}}

The following day, Ingraham tweeted an apology.{{cite web|last1=Savransky|first1=Rebecca|title=Ingraham apologizes amid backlash over Parkland student criticism|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/380846-ingraham-apologizes-after-posting-critical-tweet-about-parkland-student/|website=The Hill|language=en|date=March 29, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/business/media/laura-ingraham-david-hogg.html|title=Advertisers Drop Laura Ingraham After She Taunts David Hogg|last=Victor|first=Daniel|date=March 29, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 30, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web|last1=Kludt|first1=Tom|title=Laura Ingraham's apology to David Hogg has not stemmed the advertiser exodus|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/29/media/laura-ingraham-apologizes-david-hogg/index.html?sr=twCNN033018laura-ingraham-apologizes-david-hogg0656AMStory|website=CNNMoney|date=March 30, 2018}} Hogg said that Ingraham's apology had only been caused by the walkout of several advertisers. He said that he would accept an apology in the future if she denounced the way her network had been treating him and his friends.BBC News, March 30, 2018, [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43597905 Parkland student David Hogg rejects Fox News host's apology], Retrieved March 30, 2018, "....TripAdvisor, Expedia, Hulu, Johnson & Johnson, Wayfair, Nestlé and Nutrish announced they would withdraw commercials from the presenter's show, The Ingraham Angle..." Hogg and his supporters continued their pressure campaign on her show's advertisers.

At the end of the Good Friday 2018 (March 30, 2018) edition of her show, Ingraham announced she was taking a week-long absence from the show for Easter; a break that was already planned according to Ingraham and Fox News.{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/31/media/laura-ingraham-fox-news-week-off/index.html|title=Laura Ingraham to take week-long break from Fox News show amid controversy|first=Jackie|last=Wattles|date=March 31, 2018|website=CNNMoney}}{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/laura-ingraham-takes-easter-break-as-advertisers-keep-fleeing-her-show.html|title=Laura Ingraham Takes "Easter Break" as Advertisers Keep Fleeing Her Show|author=Daniel Politi|date=March 31, 2018|publisher=Slate|access-date=April 5, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/381083-ingraham-announces-pre-planned-vacation-amid-backlash-over-parkland-student/|title=Ingraham announces break from her show amid backlash over Parkland student|first=Alicia|last=Cohn|date=March 31, 2018|website=The Hill}} A week later, on her show, Ingraham characterized the boycott as "Stalinist".Media Matters Staff, April 9, 2018, Media Matters, [https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/04/09/after-20-advertisers-remove-ads-following-her-attacks-parkland-student-laura-ingraham-calls-boycott/219897 After 20+ advertisers remove ads following her attacks on a Parkland student, Laura Ingraham calls boycott efforts "Stalinist"] Ingraham returned to her show with the support of Rupert Murdoch.Sarah Ellison, April 8, 2018, Washington Post, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/laura-ingraham-returns-to-air-amid-a-boycott-drama-its-the-new-normal-for-fox-news/2018/04/08/55087a74-3945-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1 Laura Ingraham returns to air amid a boycott drama. It's the new normal for Fox News.], Retrieved April 9, 2018, "... Ingraham's slap at David Hogg, ... a wire that even the controversy-hardened Fox did not welcome...."

==Response by advertisers==

Within a day of Ingraham's comments about Hogg, sponsors started announcing that they would no longer advertise on The Ingraham Angle.{{cite web | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/382750-ibm-stops-advertising-on-laura-ingrahams-show/ | title=IBM stops advertising on Laura Ingraham's show | work=The Hill | date=April 11, 2018 | access-date=April 11, 2018 | last=Thomsen | first=Jacqueline}} Rates for advertising during the show dropped since the start of the boycott. Prices for a 30-second spot dropped from an average range of $12,310–$14,732 to an average range of $11,305–$13,405, according to analysts. Advertising time during the show dropped by as much as 52 percent.{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanberr/2018/04/12/ad-prices-on-foxs-ingraham-angle-fall-in-the-wake-of-advertiser-boycott/#3a40e0b44ef4 | title=Ad Prices On Fox's 'The Ingraham Angle' Fall In The Wake Of Advertiser Boycott | work=Forbes | date=April 12, 2018 | access-date=April 12, 2018 | last=Berr | first=Jonathan}} By mid-April 2018, a total of 27 sponsors stopped advertising on The Ingraham Angle.{{cite web | url=https://www.thewrap.com/ebates-pulls-ads-from-laura-ingrahams-fox-news-show/ | title=Ebates Is 27th Laura Ingraham Sponsor to Pull Ads | work=The Wrap | date=April 13, 2018 | access-date=April 14, 2018 | last=Lincoln | first=Ross}}{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/04/09/ingraham-returns-fox-after-advertising-boycott-spurred-parkland-survivor/501674002/ | title=Laura Ingraham returns to Fox News after ad boycott spurred by Parkland's David Hogg | work=USA Today | date=April 9, 2018 | access-date=April 10, 2018 | last=James | first=Mike}}{{cite web | url=https://www.thewrap.com/allstate-quietly-drops-laura-ingraham-in-internal-memo-to-employees-exclusive/ | title=Allstate Quietly Drops Laura Ingraham in Internal Memo to Employees (Exclusive) | work=The Wrap | date=April 9, 2018 | access-date=April 9, 2018 | last=Hod | first=Itay}}{{Cite web |url=http://adage.com/article/media/brands-flee-ingraham-angle-ad-loads-hold-steady/313105/ |title=MORE BRANDS EXIT 'INGRAHAM ANGLE,' BUT ONE COMES BACK AND AD LOADS HOLD STEADY |last=Poggi |first=Jeanine |date=April 13, 2018 |website=adage.com |access-date=April 13, 2018}} As of December 2018, only two major advertisers had returned to sponsoring the show.{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/months-after-some-marketers-pulled-out-the-ingraham-angle-is-gradually-making-its-way-back-11545425860 | title=Months After Some Marketers Pulled Out, 'The Ingraham Angle' Is Gradually Making Its Way Back | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=December 21, 2018 | access-date=December 23, 2018 | first=Nat | last=Ives}}

===Reaction to March 2018 boycott===

Following Ingraham's tweet, responses, and Hogg's tweets, polls showed that public perception of Fox News declined more than that of any advertiser.{{Cite news|url=https://thinkprogress.org/fox-news-hurting-from-ingraham-advertiser-boycott-09943b46e8f0/|title=Fox News, not advertisers, are hurting the most from the Laura Ingraham boycott|access-date=April 5, 2018|language=en-US|author=Rebekah Entralgo|date=April 2, 2018|publisher=ThinkProgress}} Polling by YouGov BrandIndex in the days following the announcement of the boycott showed that the Fox News brand had sustained significantly more consumer perception damage than any of the advertisers. The positive consumer perception of Ingraham dropped from 53 percent to 33 percent, according to the celebrity data and research firm Spotted.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/317175/ingrahams-celebrity-sentiment-declines-by-a-thi.html|title=Ingraham's 'Celebrity' Sentiment Declines By A Third Post-Hogg Tweet|language=en|access-date=April 5, 2018|author=Joe Mandese|date=April 5, 2018|publisher=MediaPost}}

Hundreds of Russian bots on Twitter came to Ingraham's defense during the weekend following the boycott. According to Hamilton 68, posts under the hashtag #IStandWithLaura jumped 2800 percent and was the top trending hashtag for Russian Twitter accounts.{{cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/laura-ingraham-david-hogg-russian-bots-advertisering-fox-news-parkland-868547 | title=Russian Bots Defend Fox News Pundit Laura Ingraham as Advertisers Leave Following David Hogg Tweet | work=Newsweek | date=April 2, 2018 | accessdate=April 7, 2018 | last=Sit | first=Ryan}}{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/02/russian-bots-are-tweeting-their-support-of-embattled-fox-news-host-laura-ingraham/ | title=Russian bots are tweeting their support of embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=April 2, 2018 | accessdate=April 7, 2018 | last=Erickson | first=Amanda}}

Ingraham was supported by singer and NRA board member Ted Nugent,{{cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/ted-nugent-nra-brainswashed-parkland-school-shooting-survivor-david-hogg-869964 | title=NRA Board Member Ted Nugent Is Still Mocking Parkland Survivors | work=Newsweek | date=April 3, 2018 | access-date=April 15, 2018 | last=Sit | first=Ryan | quote="Longtime NRA board member and musician Ted Nugent isn't backing down from criticizing some of the Parkland school shooting survivors, despite the backlash he's received."}}{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/04/02/ted-nugent-continues-bashing-david-hogg-praises-laura-ingraham/480311002/ | title=Ted Nugent continues to bash Parkland survivor David Hogg, praises Fox's Laura Ingraham | work=USA Today | date=April 2, 2018 | access-date=April 15, 2018 | last=Alexander | first=Bryan | quote="Nugent, a longtime member of the National Rifle Association's board of directors, said Hogg and his classmates are "not very educated" and "wouldn't know an AR-15 from a pterodactyl.""}} and talk show host Bill Maher who defended her on the grounds of free speech. Republican strategist Steve Schmidt speculated why Ingraham's advertisers pulled their support: "...this kid's not scared. He's not scared of the NRA. He's not intimidated and scared by Laura Ingraham."Yahoo! News, Rebecca Shapiro, March 29, 2018, [https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-strategist-nails-why-david-022111121.html Republican Strategist Nails Why David Hogg Got To Laura Ingraham], Retrieved March 31, 2018

Fox News co-president Jack Abernethy issued a statement of support for Ingraham: "We cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts."{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-fox-ingraham-boycott-20180402-story.html|title=Fox News states support for Laura Ingraham despite advertiser fallout|last=Battaglio|first=Stephen|date=April 2, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 5, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4118762/fox-news-laura-ingraham-advertiser-boycott-parkland-controversy/|title=Fox News president backs Laura Ingraham despite advertiser boycott over Parkland controversy|author=Kevin Nielsen|date=April 2, 2018|work=Global News|access-date=April 5, 2018|language=en}}

Following Ingraham's return to the show on April 9, AdAge reported that as of the April 11 Wednesday night episode of The Ingraham Angle, the show averaged {{nowrap|2.7 million}} viewers with 559,000 in the 25-to-54 viewer age demographic. In comparison, the show averaged {{nowrap|2.2 million}} viewers and 434,484 in the same demographic on March 29, 2018. According to TheWrap, viewership for the week of Ingraham's return to the show were up 25 percent for 2018 at 3,099,000 total viewers and up 36 percent for the age 25 to 54 demographic with 685,000 viewers.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/laura-ingraham-ratings-hold-steady-despite-advertiser-boycott/ |title=Laura Ingraham Ratings Spike to Highest Ever Despite Advertiser Boycott |last=Levine |first=Jon |date=April 16, 2018 |website=thewrap.com |access-date=April 16, 2018}} In June, the show earned 2.654 million total viewers per night, the best monthly average since the show was launching in October 2017.Maglio, Tony. [https://www.thewrap.com/laura-ingraham-highest-rated-month-ever-david-hogg/ Fox News' Laura Ingraham Just Had Her Highest-Rated Month Ever], The Wrap, July 3, 2018.

==June 2018 boycott==

Twenty-seven sponsors stopped advertising on the show due to the March boycott. The controversy surrounding the boycott resulted in a decline of favorable public perceptions of the Fox News brand. Upon Ingraham's return to the show on April 9 following a week-long vacation, The Ingraham Angle occupied the top position for its time slot against CNN and MSNBC.

Following Ingraham's comments on her show regarding facilities used to detain minor children separated from their undocumented immigrant parents, David Hogg renewed his call for boycotts of The Ingraham Angle's advertisers. During the show's June 18, 2018 broadcast, Ingraham referred to the detention facilities as "essentially summer camps" that "resemble boarding schools." In response, Hogg called for a renewal of the previous boycott via Twitter the following day.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/06/19/fox-news-laura-ingraham-says-immigrant-child-detention-centers-are-essentially-summer-camps/?noredirect=on | title=Fox News's Laura Ingraham says immigrant child detention centers are 'essentially summer camps'}} Ingraham's comments followed an MSNBC report by Jacob Soboroff which was broadcast on June 14, 2018. The report described a Texas detainment facility setup to be like a "dormitory structure" with a cafeteria and rooms that contained four beds in each.{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/latino/392200-msnbc-reporter-detained-immigrant-children-are-effectively-incarcerated/ |title=MSNBC reporter: Detained immigrant children 'effectively incarcerated' in Texas facility |last=Samuels |first=Brett |date=June 13, 2018 |website=The Hill |access-date=June 21, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/surge-children-separated-border-floods-facility-undocumented-immigrants-n883001 |title=Surge in children separated at border floods facility for undocumented immigrants |last=Soboroff |first=Jacob |date=June 13, 2018 |website=NBC News |access-date=June 21, 2018}}

Ratings

According to Variety magazine, The Ingraham Angle was the third-highest rate cable TV news program in the adults 25–54 demographic among all cable news programs in June 2018.Otterson, Joe. [https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/cable-news-ratings-ingraham-angle-msnbc-1202864704/ Cable News Ratings: 'Ingraham Angle' Has Best Month to Date, MSNBC Grows in Total Viewers], Variety, July 3, 2018. A year later, Ingraham's show had declined in popularity to fourth behind MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, according to a Fox News press release.[https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190702005601/en/FOX-News-Channel-Marks-70-Consecutive-Quarters/ Fox News Channel Marks 70 Consecutive Quarters as the Most-Watched Cable News Network], Business Wire, July 2, 2019. As of January 2020, the show has returned to its former spot as the third highest rated cable news show, gathering more viewers than any cable news show during its time slot, including The Rachel Maddow Show. The show's higher ratings than The Rachel Maddow Show made Ingraham the highest-rated female cable news host.{{cite web | last1=Brest | first1=Michael | title=Laura Ingraham sprints past Rachel Maddow to become most-watched female cable news host | url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/laura-ingraham-sprints-past-rachel-maddow-to-become-most-watched-female-cable-news-host | date=July 30, 2020 | work=Washington Examiner | access-date=July 30, 2020}}

See also

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