On Wednesday, each of the television news networks will release their October ratings numbers. Ahead of the midterms, especially with the stakes as high as they are this November, the networks would typically be expected to post viewership gains as audiences tune in for coverage of the consequential races. And when the ratings are ultimately sent to reporters with splashy press releases, CNN and MS NOW will both have increases in audience to tout compared to the same time last year.

But there will be one glaring anomaly: Fox News. Ratings for the pro-MAGA network are not only on pace to fail to grow on a year-over-year basis, they're actually on track to decline by a staggering margin.