8.9M Tune To Cable News For Jackson Memorial, Most on CNN

CNN average 5.3M Total Viewers from 1pmET – 4pmET during the memorial service for Michael Jackson yesterday, beating Fox News, MSNBC and HLN combined in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo.

CNN averaged 2.258M A25-54 viewers during the service.

FNC — 2.230M Total Viewers / 673K A25-54
MSNBC — 1.393M Total Viewers / 550K A25-54
HLN — 377K Total Viewers / 190K A25-54

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