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CNN Ratings Down Despite Condit Case

ugust was a good month for the Fox News Channel, MSNBC and Headline News, but not so good for CNN, according to statistics released by Nielsen Media research.

In prime time, CNN remained the largest of the news networks, with an average of 606,000 homes tuned in. However, despite viewer interest in the Gary Condit/Chandra Levy story, overall ratings for the network were down 1% when compared to last August.

By contrast, the Fox News Channel averaged 498,000 homes, up 72% from a year ago. MSNBC averaged 285,000 homes, up 8%. And Headline News, which was totally overhauled last month, averaged 155,000 homes in prime time, up 8%.

On a 24-hour basis, viewership for Headline News jumped 14% to 153,000 homes.

Overall, original movies and series have paid off in the Nielsen department for Lifetime.

Lifetime was the most-watched basic cable network in prime time, up 30% to average 1.78 million households tuned in during prime time.

TBS was second, averaging 1.48 million homes tuned in, down 9% from the same month a year ago. USA followed, with an average of 1.46 million homes, down 4%.

Around the clock, Nickelodeon and its nighttime sibling Nick at Nite teamed to be the most-watched network, with an average of 1.22 million homes, down 3% from last August. Lifetime was second with an average of 1.05 million homes, up 22%. And The Cartoon Network was third, up 8% to 915,000 homes.

Elsewhere, the remade TNN continues to surge, up 58% in prime time from last August to 808,000 homes.

Comedy Central's viewership was up 25% to 569,000 homes in prime time.

And The Game Show Network was up 39% to 189,000 homes.

On the downside, viewership for VH1 fell 26% to 283,000 homes. And ESPN dropped 12% to 989,000 homes.

-- Anonymous, August 29, 2001


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