Fox’s Tucker Carlson delivered big audience numbers for Fox News on Monday – his show was most-watched in all of basic cable in total viewers, and was most-watched in cable news among the valuable demographic of viewers age 25-54.

Tucker Carlson Tonight drew 3.37 million total viewers Monday, and 578,000 in the demo. The Rachel Maddow Show was the second most-watched show, with 2.93 million total viewers, and third in the demo, with 437,000. The Five was third, with 2.84 million total viewers, and 409,000 in the demo.

Notably, Carlson drew nearly 100,000 more viewers in the demo than the second most-watched show in that group, which was Hannity, with 480,000 viewers in the demo, and 2.77 million viewers total.

In total day viewers, Fox was first, with 1.57 million total viewers, and 271,000 in the demo.

MSNBC and CNN vied for, and traded, second and...

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Dr. Anthony Fauci side-stepped a question today about whether there was evidence to support keeping vaccinated Americans at home.

The Biden administration says they "make decisions based on science," said CNN’s John Berman, in asking Fauci, “What’s the science behind not saying it’s safe for people who have been vaccinated, who have received two doses, to travel?”

“You know, that’s a very good question, John,” Fauci's less than inspiring answer began. After covering some background, he continued, saying, "They want to get science, they want to get data. And then when you don’t have the data, and you don’t have the actual evidence, then you’ve got to make a judgment call."

In peak "just follow the science" times, on a maximum "follow the science" network, against increasingly loud critics, to answer that it's not science but a judgment call isn't exactly what you'd call a smooth answer. Nor helpful to people trying to understand what's next.