Fox News Wins Q3 Cable News Race In Second-Biggest Quarter Ever

The wild rides of the campaign for president and the economic turmoil boosted Fox News Channel's prime-time block to fourth among all cable channels for the third quarter, extending its streak as the highest-rated cable news network to 27 consecutive quarters. According to data from Nielsen Media Research, FNC averaged 2.2 million total viewers in the 8-11 p.m. daypart for the just-concluded quarter. CNN ranked ninth among all cable channels for the quarter with an average 1.3 million viewers, its biggest... [read full story]