By B&C Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/3/2008 1:37:00 PM
The Democratic Rules Committee meeting last weekend gave cable news a big bump Saturday.
CNN averaged 762,000 viewers (236,000 in the 25-54 demo) in total day, followed by Fox News Channel (728,000 viewers, 166,000 in the demo) and MSNBC (538,000, 212,000).
For CNN it was an increase of more than 50% in total day in both total viewers and the demo compared with year-to-date Saturday average.
In primetime, Fox News averaged 1.17 million viewers (177,000 in the demo) compared with CNN's 960,000 (293,000). MSNBC averaged 426,000 viewers and 186,000 in the demo.
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