Sen. Bernie Sanders' town hall meeting set record ratings for Fox News and now Democratic breakout star Pete Buttigieg is moving to hold one of his own.

Sanders' Monday night event was 'the most-watched town hall of the season' with 2.55 million viewers, Fox News said in a statement on Tuesday, citing early Nielsen Media Research reports.

Fox New's town hall beat CNN's February town hall with Sanders in total viewers, the network crowed.

And Buttigieg, who shot to national acclaim after an appearance at a CNN town hall at South by Southwest in March, is looking to hold one on Fox.

Sen. Bernie Sanders' town hall meeting set record ratings for Fox News

Pete Buttigieg is moving to hold one of his own

A campaign spokesperson told The Hill that talks are happening as 'reaching out to the Fox audience is something we intend to do.'

Buttigieg placed third in popularity in a new poll of Democratic presidential contenders Monday, putting him behind top contenders former Vice President Joe Biden and Sanders.

He has been on a media tour since formally announcing his presidential campaign on Sunday.

Neither Buttigieg's campaign nor Fox News immediately responded to DailyMail.com's inquiries.

The presidential campaigns of Reps. Eric Swawell and Tim Ryan told the Daily Beast their candidates are also willing to do a town hall on the network.

The Democratic National Committee barred Fox News from hosting any of its primary debates in the 2019-2020 cycle, charging the network with having an 'inappropriate relationship' with President Donald Trump's administration.

Fox News has asked the DNC to reconsider its decision.

Given the success of Sanders' town hall it's possible other contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination would be interested in appearing on the network in the same format.

Sanders' hour-long town hall, which was held in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, garnered ratings, scored a viral moment and earned a critical tweet from President Trump.

Trump slammed 'crazy Bernie' Sanders for touting universal healthcare and tax hikes during his town hall.

Trump said the the audience and co-host Bret Baier were humoring Sanders by being 'smiley and nice' during the event.

'So weird to watch Crazy Bernie on @FoxNews. Not surprisingly, @BretBaier and the 'audience' was so smiley and nice. Very strange, and now we have @donnabrazile?' Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.

The president was referring to the evening's viral moment when the Independent senator from Vermont faced off with the hosts about who would pay for a universal healthcare system.

The rust-belt audience was surprisingly receptive to Sanders' socialist healthcare proposal.

'Senator, this audience has a lot of Democrats in it. It has Republicans, independents, Democratic Socialists, conservatives. I want to ask the audience a question, if you could raise your hand here, a show of hands of how many people get their insurance from work, private insurance, right now?' Baier asked.

More than half the audience for Fox's town hall raised their hand in the impromptu poll.

'OK. Of those, how many are willing to transition to what the senator says, a government-run system?' Baier asked, which was met with even more hands raising and cheers from the audience.

Sanders told an audience at a Fox News town hall the U.S. should transition to a universal healthcare system

The audience erupted in cheers when Fox News host Bret Baier, who co-hosted the town hall with Martha MacCallum, asked the audience if they would prefer a universal healthcare system

Trump dubbed Sen. Bernie Sanders as 'Crazy Bernie' and slammed the audience from Monday's two hall, saying they were too 'smiley and nice' to the Democratic Socialist

Sanders, who represents Vermont in the Senate, identifies as a Democratic Socialist and says healthcare is a human right and should be free.

Baier's co-host, Martha MacCallum, asked how Sanders where the money would come from for a government-run healthcare system.

'I think everybody is in agreement that healthcare needs to be fixed in this country,' MacCallum said. 'You're going to pay one way or the other,' MacCallum rebutted. 'Whether it's in your income tax or your payroll tax.'

'Health care is not free,' Sanders conceded.

'Of course not, you just said it's going to be free for everyone.' MacCallum shot back.

'It's going to be free of the point of when you use it, OK? Why are you so shocked by this?' Sanders asked. 'Somebody is going to pay.'

Sanders is the only Democratic candidate that has had a town hall with Fox News in the 2020 cycle so far.

Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Kirsten Gillibrand, also running for the Democratic nomination, have appeared on the network's signature evening news program 'Special Report.'

Democrats will hold 12 primary debates to whittle down its massive field for the 2020 presidential nomination, the party announced in December, six primary debates in 2019 and six in 2020.

It's considered quite a coup for a network to be chosen to host a debate, which generally garners large viewership and offers a prestigious national platform for the network's political team.

So far only two debates have been awarded by the party: one to NBC (along with sister networks MSNBC and Telemundo) in June in Miami and one to CNN in July in Detroit.