The cable news ratings for the third quarter of 2012 are in, and MSNBC is smiling widely.
Fox News dominated as usual, taking the top ten cable news shows, but it was an especially sweet quarter for MSNBC, which celebrated two milestones. The network had a record-breaking September, when it topped its rivals in primetime convention ratings, and won a full week of weekday primetime ratings for the first time in its sixteen-year history.
MSNBC, which was also buoyed by the Olympics in August, saw double digit growth in the demo and total viewers for most of its programming, when compared to Q3 2011. "Hardball," "PoliticsNation" and "The Ed Show," for example, drew their most total viewers ever in September. The network was up 35% among viewers ages 25-54, and 33% in total viewers, compared to last year.
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