Without Telethon, Fox News Doubles CNN/MSNBC Friday

Fox News’s decision to stick with its opinion shows Friday night while their competition carried the “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon worked for ratings.

Fox News more than doubled CNN and MSNBC which carried the concert and telethon from 8pm-10pmET.

• FNC – O’Reilly/Hannity avg.: 3,807,000 Total Viewers / 938,500 A25-54
• CNN – Hope for Haiti Now: 1,187,000 / 393,000
• MSNBC – Hope for Haiti Now: 468,000 / 130,000

• Primetime average (8-11pmET):
FNC: 3,317,000 / 814,000
CNN: 1,255,000 / 428,000
MSNBC: 568,000 / 163,000

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