April 28, 2009


April's cable ratings are out, and it looks like Fox News isn't slowing down in the Obama era.

TVNewser notes that Murdoch's network has just beaten CNN and MSNBC combined in every hour from 6pm to midnight -- that's in both total viewers and the key demo (age 25-54). Glenn Beck's ratings continues to soar, too, now up 212 percent in the demo.

Meanwhile, both MSNBC and CNN claim second place victories, according to dueling press releases.

MSNBC, again, has bragging rights by beating CNN in the prime-time demo. As for total viewers, MSNBC claims that it's a "virtual tie" with CNN, the latter winning by just 2,000 viewers. (In March, MSNBC beat CNN for the first time in prime-time).

However, CNN boasts topping MSNBC in total day numbers and total viewers in prime-time. In addition, Nancy Grace -- on sister network HLN -- beat out MSNBC's Keith Olbermann in the demo.