FNC’s Obama Special Scores Big

Last night’s “Character & Conduct” documentary special about Sen. Barack Obama was the top-rated documentary of the year for Fox News in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo.

Airing in the 8pmET hour, the Bill Hemmer-hosted special averaged 2,343,000 viewers and 493,000 in the demo. The Sen. John McCain “Character & Conduct” special airs tonight at 8pmET.

Fox News’ second highest rated documentary of the year, “Russia: The Angry Giant,” aired the day before.

The top rated program on cable news last night was Hannity & Colmes, which aired after the special (and had Rick Warren as a guest at the beginning of the program).

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