Tea party coverage good for Fox ratings

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Tea party coverage good for Fox ratings
Thu, 04-16-2009 - 5:40pm

The Drudgereport is providing viewer numbers for yesterday. It looks like covering the Tea party was good for Fox News ratings. It is nice to know that many people were at interested enough to take a look at the protests.

http://www.drudgereport.com/

FOX RATINGS SURGE ON PROTEST COVERAGE
8-11 PM ET

FOXNEWS 3,390,000
MSNBC 1,210,000
CNN 1,070,000
CNN HEADLINE 909,000

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,980,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,239,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,947,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,740,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,401,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,185,000
COMEDY DAILY SHOW 1,777,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,499,000
COMEDY COLBERT 1,446,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,336,000
CNN KING 1,292,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,149,000
CNN COOPER 1,021,000