Fox News Tops Cable Ratings for First Time in 10 Years

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The Boston Marathon bombings and the search for the suspects ​that followed, helped Fox News win  top of the cable rankings for the first time in nearly a decade.

In both total day and primetime for the week of April 15-April 21, the News Corp-owned news network pulled ahead of usually top-ranked USA Network.

Excluding election coverage last year, the last time Fox News was in the top position was August 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. In primetime, FNC garnered 2.874 million viewers on average for the week compared with No. 2 USA’s 2.621 million. 

CNN also climbed the cable ladder to finish No. 3 with 1.985 million viewers overall on average. History Channel was in fourth with 1.937 million viewers and A&E was fifth with 1.928 million.

H/T Deadline ​