Fox News received the biggest ratings bump from coverage of the Iraqi elections, according to Nielsen data from Sunday. It was a huge international story, but CNN never cracked the million viewer mark on Sunday night, an insider noted.
Total viewers, total day: FNC: 1,367,000 / CNN: 599,000 / MSNBC: 218,000
Total viewers, primetime: FNC: 1,950,000 / CNN: 718,000 / MSNBC: 243,000
> Update, 12:26pm: Total viewers for individual shows:
FNC: Shep: 1,497,000 / O’Reilly: 2,209,000 / H&C: 2,198,000 / At Large: 1,445,000
CNN: 8pm (Anderson and Paula): 632,000 / King: 946,000 / Brown: 575,000
MSNBC: Hardball 7pm: 273,000 / Olbermann: 193,000 / Hardball 9pm: 216,000
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