Fox news headlines January ratings.(Fox News Channel was most-watched news channel in January)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Multichannel News, February, 2002 by Donohue, Steve

Fox News Channel surpassed Cable News Network to become the most-watched news channel in January, according to Nielsen Media Research ratings. While Fox News has frequently topped CNN in ratings during the last year, January marks the first time the network topped CNN in viewers. It averaged 656,000 viewers, compared to CNN's 596,000.

Fox News beat CNN in viewers despite the latter's distribution advantage. CNN counts 86 million subscribers, compared with Fox's 77 million. Fox News averaged a 0.7 total-day rating and 539,000 households in January, beating CNN's 0.6 rating and 525,000 households. In primetime, Fox drew a 1.1 rating, 840,000 households and 1.1 million viewers compared with CNN, which posted a 0.9 rating, 757,000 households and...

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