A night of politics delivered strong ratings for both Fox News and CNN Tuesday night.
CNN’s Democratic town hall with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton from 8-10 p.m.ET narrowly beat Fox News in the A25-54 demo. While Fox News won the night overall, and into the morning hours, with coverage from the Nevada caucus. Donald Trump was declared the winner at Midnight ET, just as the caucuses came to an end. It would take another 40 minutes to declare Sen. Marco Rubio in second place.
- 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. ET | Total Viewers / A25-54 Demo
FNC: 3,262,000 / 648,000
CNN: 2,161,000 / 653,000
MSNBC: 944,000 / 243,000
- 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET | Total Viewers / A25-54 Demo
FNC: 2,980,581 / 632,603
CNN: 1,960,783 / 596,022
MSNBC: 1,008,709 262,181
- 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. ET | Total Viewers / A25-54 Demo
FNC: 2,027,147 /514,085
CNN: 1,207,863 / 412,286
MSNBC: 867,852 / 231,860
- 8 p.m. – 1 a.m. ET | Total Viewers / A25-54 Demo
FNC: 2,599,207 / 585,196
CNN: 1,659,615 / 522,528
MSNBC: 952,366 / 250,053