Fox Wins Election Night Coverage Race
From Politico ~ Fox News was the clear winner in the cable ratings Tuesday night, averaging 4.04 million total viewers during prime-time, with 1.13 million in the 25-54 demo alone.
MSNBC came in second (974K, 308K), according to Nielsen, with HLN taking third (842K, 341K).
CNN, which won the 2008 election night, continues to struggle in prime-time. The network placed fourth for the month of October, and claimed the same spot Tuesday night, with 826,000 total viewers and 227,000 in the demo. Amidst falling numbers, CNN executives have long maintained that the network is still the go-to choice for major events. But on this off-year election night, it clearly wasn't. CNN brought in over 12 million between 8 and 11pm in 2008. That said, all the networks were higher for the closely-watched presidential election night.
Fox beat the other three networks combined.
MSNBC came in second (974K, 308K), according to Nielsen, with HLN taking third (842K, 341K).
CNN, which won the 2008 election night, continues to struggle in prime-time. The network placed fourth for the month of October, and claimed the same spot Tuesday night, with 826,000 total viewers and 227,000 in the demo. Amidst falling numbers, CNN executives have long maintained that the network is still the go-to choice for major events. But on this off-year election night, it clearly wasn't. CNN brought in over 12 million between 8 and 11pm in 2008. That said, all the networks were higher for the closely-watched presidential election night.
posted by Mike McCarville @ 12:17 AM
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