Ratings FNC Top-Rated In Tornado By Brian on Nov. 8, 2005 - 4:28 PM FNC was #1 during the tornado breaking news on Sunday morning. FNC averaged 988,000 viewers, while CNN had 628,000 and MSNBC had 283,000. In the 25-54 demographic, FNC had 335,000, CNN had 155,000, and MSNBC had 146,000. Advertisement