CNN Declared Winner, With Fox News Second.(Cable News Network, Fox News Channel)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Multichannel News, March, 2000 by MOSS, LINDA

Cable News Network was the ratings winner with its "Super Tuesday" primary-night coverage, but Fox News Channel came in second in the day's only upset.

From 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., CNN posted a 1.8 rating in primetime, or 1.4 million households, according to Nielsen Media Research data released last week. That rating represented a 78 percent increase above what CNN has been averaging in that time period year to date, a CNN spokesman said.

But in a surprise, FNC came in second among cable-news networks with a strong performance, beating MSNBC in primetime in both ratings and households for the March 7 presidential primaries.

FNC did a 1.0 rating, or 481,000 households. Those were better numbers than MSNB C's 0.8 rating, or 426,000 homes,...

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