Hurricane Sandy Gives Cable TV Ratings Spike

Hurricane Sandy Gives Cable Channels Ratings Spike
LONG BEACH, NY - OCTOBER 30: A resident walks down a street covered in beach sand due to flooding from Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Long Beach, New York. The storm has claimed at least 33 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. U.S. President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the U.S. east coast, including New York City, with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
LONG BEACH, NY - OCTOBER 30: A resident walks down a street covered in beach sand due to flooding from Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Long Beach, New York. The storm has claimed at least 33 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. U.S. President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the U.S. east coast, including New York City, with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

Hurricane Sandy brought strong winds, heavy rains, and a ton of viewers stranded at home watching the news.

By Monday morning, the storm pushed other news stories aside and dominated broadcast and cable news channels throughout the day and evening. Hurricane Sandy brought a ratings spike to cable news channels, with Fox News bringing in the most total viewers and CNN winning in the coveted A25-54 demographic in both total day and primetime programming.

Throughout its daylong programming (6:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.) Fox News brought in a total of 2.28 million total viewers, with 528,000 viewers in the demo. CNN won the demo, bringing in 546,000 viewers and a total of 1.4 million total viewers.

During primetime, Fox News brought in a total of 3.5 million viewers, with 875,000 viewers in the demographic. CNN won the demo by bringing in more than 1 million viewer, and a total of 3.4 million viewers. MSNBC came in third place, with a total of 1.4 million viewers, and 477,000 in the demo.

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