“CNN Should Be Worried”: MSNBC Beating CNN In Prime Time Ratings…

Eat The Press Rachel Sklar December 6, 2006 06:48 PM

Are you still the third-place network if you come in second 5 times out of 7 where it matters the most? TVNewser's got the Nielson numbers, and reports that last week, MSNBC beat CNN in the all-important prime-time 25-54 demo, saying, "CNN Should Be Worried." MSNBC took the weekday demo on Monday, Weds, Thurs (though Tuesday was pretty decisive for CNN)* and Friday came damn close. TVNewser wonders if this is a trend or an aberration; Monday's ratings are in, and MSNBC won the primetime demo there, too. We report, you decide.

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