MSNBC beats Fox News and CNN in ratings for the first time

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SOURCE: NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

URL: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/msnbc-beats-fox-news-cnn-ratings-time-article-1.3186796

by Don Kaplan

MSNBC finally overtook Fox News Channel — and left CNN in the dust.

Officials at the once third place cable news network were crowing Monday about winning last week’s primetime ratings race for the first time.

Led by Rachel Maddow, the left-skewing primetime schedule beat Fox’s revamped Bill O’Reilly-less lineup for the first time, a humiliating loss for Tucker Carlson, “The Five” and Sean Hannity, according to the latest Nielsen numbers.

For the week, Monday through Friday when people are paying the most attention to the big name TV hosts who go head-to-head on cable news, MSNBC won across the board, with total viewers and in what TV industry people call the “news demographic”: viewers between the ages of 25 to 54 years old.

Officials at the once third place cable news network were crowing Monday about winning last week’s primetime ratings race for the first time.

Led by Rachel Maddow, the left-skewing primetime schedule beat Fox’s revamped Bill O’Reilly-less lineup for the first time, a humiliating loss for Tucker Carlson, “The Five” and Sean Hannity, according to the latest Nielsen numbers.

For the week, Monday through Friday when people are paying the most attention to the big name TV hosts who go head-to-head on cable news, MSNBC won across the board, with total viewers and in what TV industry people call the “news demographic”: viewers between the ages of 25 to 54 years old.

For the week of May 15, MSNBC averaged about 2.44 million viewers. Right-leaning Fox drew 2.4 million and CNN trailed with 1.6 million.

Fox, which has sat atop the ratings for more than 15 years, is also losing ground to both of its rivals when it comes to the “news demo.”

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