10 Year Chart of Cable News Ratings: Primetime

Here’s the second part of our look back at cable news ratings over the last decade. We’ve charted the total day numbers, and here are the numbers for primetime.

Again, Fox News’ rise is most noticeable, as is the bump the election gave CNN and MSNBC.

The charts track each network’s Nielsen primetime ratings average for each of the last 10 years, from Dec. 27, 1999 – Dec. 23, 2009. After the jump, the A25-54 demo. (Click for larger versions).

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