Middle East Crisis: FNC #4 On All Of Cable

Fox News Channel placed fourth on last week’s list of ad-supported cable channels, MediaWeek reports. The cable net’s Middle East crisis coverage averaged 1.89 million viewers and a 1.7 in primetime. USA was first, TNT was second, TBS was third, and Cartoon Network was fifth.

> Also: USA Today has an unusual analysis of cable ratings with a week-to-week comparison. Gary Levin says FNC enjoyed a “34% jump over the previous three weeks,” while CNN’s #’s increased 23% and MSNBC was up 16%…

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