Most viewers tuning to coverage of Whitney Houston's funeral
on Saturday afternoon watched it on CNN, as the cable news channel averaged 5
million total viewers from 12:15-3:45 p.m.
In comparison, Fox News and CNN sister net HLN were
neck-and-neck for second place with 1.4 million viewers while 709,000 watched on
MSNBC. In the news-targeted adults 25-54 demo, CNN also led with 2.2 million
viewers to HLN's 448,000, FNC's 405,000 and MSNBC's 251,000.
Total viewership peaked from the 1-2 p.m. hour on the cable
news networks, when CNN drew 5.25 million viewers, Fox News had 1.52 million
viewers,HLN saw 1.48 million viewers and MSNBC attracted 813,000
viewers.
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Ratings for E! and BET, which also aired funeral coverage,
have not yet been released.
