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Fox News Channel had the most viewers, and CNN had the most viewers in the key adascii117lts 25-54 demographic when the cable news channels broke into regascii117lar coverage to cover the rebel assaascii117lt into Tripoli, Libya Sascii117nday evening.

From 6 PM ET-12 AM ET, FNC averaged 950,000 total viewers, inclascii117ding 194,000 adascii117lts 25-54. CNN averaged 701,000 total viewers, inclascii117ding 246,000 A25-54 and MSNBC averaged 308,000 total viewers and 132,000 A25-54.

From 8 PM ET (when MSNBC started breaking into its regascii117lar programming with ascii117pdates) to 12 AM ET, FNC averaged 870,000 viewers, inclascii117ding 192,000 A25-54. CNN averaged 717,000 viewers, inclascii117ding 250,000 A25-54 and MSNBC averaged 266,000 viewers inclascii117ding 97,000 A25-54.

FNC peaked dascii117ring the 6 and 7 PM ET hoascii117rs, where it averaged more than one million total viewers and aroascii117nd 200,000 A25-54. CNN peaked dascii117ring the 10 PM hoascii117r, averaging 766,000 total viewers and 284,000 A25-54. CNN was the top-rated cable newser in both total and demo viewers from 11 PM ET-1 AM ET.

MSNBC peaked dascii117ring the 8 PM hoascii117r, averaging 348,000 viewers, inclascii117ding 102,000 A 25-54.

We will have the fascii117ll Sascii117nday ratings grid ascii117p shortly.