MSNBC is back to third place in the cable news wars. In the third quarter of 2005, MSNBC averaged 300,000 viewers in total day, up 43% from the previous quarter. Headline News averaged 267,000 viewers, up 20%%. In the 25-54 demographic, MSNBC had 132,000 and HLN had 114,000.

But MSNBC "yielded to Headline News in primetime due to Nancy Grace," THR notes...