We have received information from Spy Report on last nights Election Viewer Ratings dated Thursday, 4 November 2010, by Cyril Washbrook.
The Fox News Channel cable network averaged 6.957 million viewers between 8:00pm and 11:00pm, far ahead of CNN on 2.423 million and MSNBC on 1.945 million, according to overnight ratings data from Nielsen.
The audience for Fox News' coverage on Tuesday more than doubled the network's audience of 3.060 million viewers for the elections in 2006.
Across the total election coverage period between 6:00pm and 2:00am, Fox News averaged 5.302 million viewers; CNN registered an audience of 1.789 million, while MSNBC averaged 1.544 million.
All Ratings Average Hourly Viewers
(In Millions)
Peak Increase Overall Increase
8-11pm @ Peak 6pm-2am @ Peak
Fox News
|
|
6.96 |
61% |
1.655 |
5.302 |
61% |
31.2146% |
|
Fox News Combined |
61% |
61% |
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CNN |
|
2.42 |
21% |
0.634 |
1.789 |
21% |
35.4388% |
|
CNN & MSNBC Combined
|
38% |
39% |
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|
MSNBC |
1.95 |
17% |
0.401 |
1.544 |
18% |
25.9715% |
|
Total Summary |
11.33 |
100% |
2.69 |
8.635 |
100% |
30.8750% |
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Total/Average |
11.33 |
2.69 |
8.635 |
31.1523% |
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