October comes less than one week after Rupert Murdoch very publicly discussed her contract negotiations

Those number helped Fox News top CNN and MSNBC in weekday ratings for the month of October

The O'Reilly Factor did however managed to bet out The Kelly File in overall viewers, with 3.383million viewers turning in nightly versus 2.984million

Kelly pulled in an average of 641,000 viewers a night in that key demo, 20,000 more than her fellow Fox News host Bill O'Reilly

for the month of October among viewers aged 25 to 54

October was big month for Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who managed to beat all other cable news programs in the key demo.

Among individuals aged 25 to 54, Kelly pulled in an average nightly audience of 641,000 viewers, putting her 20,000 viewers ahead of fellow Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.

The O'Reilly Factor did however managed to bet out The Kelly File in overall viewers, with 3.383million viewers turning in nightly versus 2.984million for Kelly's program.

Sean Hannity meanwhile finished third in both overall viewers and the key demo, part of the reason Fox News topped CNN and MSNBC in weekday ratings for the month.

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Big win: Megyn Kelly (above in 2014 with Bill O'Reilly) was the most watched cable news program for the month of October among viewers aged 25 to 54

This ratings news comes less than one week after Kelly reportedly got quite the shock when she read an interview Rupert Murdoch gave about her private contract negotiations just before she was set to tape her live news program.

Murdoch made the decision to make the negotiations very public by granting an interview to one of the newspapers his company News Corp. owns, The Wall Street Journal.

Variety spoke with a a person familiar with Kelly’s thinking who said that the host was 'bemused' by Murdoch's actions but not so upset that she would consider leaving Fox News because of his questionable negotiating strategy.

In the interview, Murdoch said that keeping Kelly is a priority, but that he has other hosts who could take over the program should she try and go to a rival network.

'[W]e have a deep bench of talent, many of whom would give their right arm for that spot,' said Murdoch.

Kelly, who is said to be making $15million this year, is reportedly looking to make more than $20million when she renegotiates her contract next July.

Kelly's star has continued to rise over the past year, and next month she will be releasing her first book, Settle For More.

It has also been revealed that Kelly will be appearing Live With Kelly! the day after the election, marking the first time she is set to appear on Ripa's morning show as a co-host.

Her popularity is one of the main reasons Murdoch says he wants to get her contract signer 'very soon.'

He added however that whether or not Kelly stays at the network is 'up to her.'

It is unclear where Kelly might land if she does not stay with Fox News, but CNN seems like a very likely possibility for the popular host.

Kelly also has a huge fan in CNN head honcho Jeff Zucker, who called her a 'tremendous anchor' earlier this year.

And former CNN president Jon Klein applauded Kelly for not backing down to Donald Trump in the first Republican debate when she questioned him about his treatment of women, this despite the fact that her then boss Roger Ailes was a supporter of the Republican nominee.

'To be able to stand up and ask tough questions to your boss's choice of president shows a certain steeliness,' said Klein.

Victory: Kelly (above last week) pulled in an average of 641,000 viewers a night in the key demo, 20,000 more than her fellow Fox News host Bill O'Reilly

The article also points out that Kelly also separated herself from other Fox News anchors during the internal investigation into Ailes' alleged sexual harrassment by speaking with the lawyers hired to look into the claims being made by former host Gretchen Carlson.

That revelation about Kelly's speaking with investigators was confirmed by people who were familiar with the matter.

Some have said that Kelly is set to be the center of Fox News after the exit of Ailes, but Murdoch shot down those claims saying: 'We're not changing direction ... that would be business suicide.'

Murdoch also said that he wants to make sure Bill O'Reilly also resigns with the network when his contract is up next month.

One rival news executive told Vanity Fair in August that the rivalry between Kelly and O'Reilly has devolved to the point that one of them will likely leave when their contracts expire.

O'Reilly shot down reports of a feud between himself and Kelly in June however, telling The Hollywood Reporter: 'Oh, that’s all fabricated. She’s in a totally different part of the building. The last time I saw Megyn Kelly was in Detroit in March [at the Fox News GOP debate].'

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Fox News said: '[Fox News President] Bill Shine and [Executive Vice President, Programming & Development] Suzanne Scott have maintained a close relationship with Bill and Megyn for years and have helped both of them in many instances, all while co-existing under the same roof.'

Kelly has previously hinted that she would be willing to leave the network where she has worked for the last 12 years.

'There's a lot of brain damage that comes from the job. There was probably less brain damage when I worked in the afternoon. I was less well known. I had far less conflict in my life,' Kelly said in an interview with Variety earlier this year.

'I also have three kids who are soon going to be school from 8am to 3pm I come to work at 3:30. I like to see my children.'

Take that: News of Kelly's big win for the month of October comes less than one week after Rupert Murdoch (above in 2014) very publicly discussed her contract negotiations

Kelly says she's thought about hosting her own talk show but isn't sure 'what the market looks like for that in 2016' and just doesn't think 'that's the perfect thing for me'.

As for co-hosting a morning show like Today, Kelly said she's tried that before and she's not much of a morning person.

'You have to wake up so early. The alarm goes off at 3:30am,' said Kelly.

'When I did America's Newsroom, which started at 9am, I remember saying to the makeup artist at the time, "If you could only know the afternoon me, you'd like me so much better.'"