CNN - CNN'S RATINGS SOAR DURING PRIMARIES

The presidential race has been particularly good to CNN. During the February sweeps the cable news network beat its arch rival, Fox News Channel, by a whopping 36 percent among the key demographic, adults 25-54. CNN, which aired three primary debates during the Jan. 28-Feb 22 period, averaged 750,000 viewers in that demographic bracket, while Fox News drew 550,000. This marks the first time that CNN has beaten Fox in the key demo since 2001. Fox, however, remained ahead in total viewers, attracting an average of 2.22 million in primetime to CNN's 2.03 million, a lead of 9 percent.

27/02/2008