Ratings: Fox News Primetime Back on Top, CNN Continues to See MH370 Boost

By Merrill Knox 

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Cable news viewers continue to be captivated by the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, now entering day 13.

A few ratings notes from yesterday: Fox News is back on top in primetime, but CNN continues to see demo wins in certain daytime hours, particularly the late afternoon.

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After four weeknights of CNN winning at least one primetime hour in the A25-54 demo, Fox News’ primetime lineup — “The O’Reilly Factor,” “The Kelly File” and “Hannity” — were back on top last night, winning in both total viewers and the demo.

Outside of primetime, CNN continues to see a boost with its wall-to-wall coverage. Last night, “Erin Burnett OutFront” topped “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” in the demo for the fourth straight night. CNN also won in the demo from 2-4pmET and tied at 6pmET. Fox News remains far out front in total viewers during those hours.

Compared to the same day last year, Fox is up +1 in total viewers and +5% in the A25-54 demographic and CNN is up +57% and +122%, respectively.

The full scoreboard will be up shortly.

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