July Ratings: FNC’s Best Month of 2005

Fox News achieved its highest ratings of the year in July. According to the network’s press release, “FNC more than doubled CNN’s Prime Time” in a heavy news month, “averaging 1,913,000 viewers, up 38% compared to July 2004. CNN continued to lose Prime Time viewers (down 3%) with an average of 713,000 viewers, while MSNBC averaged 280,000 viewers (down 11%) vs. 2004.”

> “Under Jon Klein, CNN’s viewership continued to slide,” the press release adds. “During Klein’s tenure at CNN (December 2004-July 2005), vs. the same time period a year earlier under the direction of Princell Hair, viewership has declined 11% in Prime Time and 7% in Total Day.”