CNN Racks up Big Numbers on Final Night of Primary ContestsOn Tuesday night, the last night of contests during this marathon primary season, CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. scored a big win over its cable news rivals, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a story in today's Washington Post. From the Post: CNN clocked more than 3.5 million viewers in prime time. That's a 34 percent lead over MSNBC's more than 2.5 million viewers. It's also a 47 percent advantage over Fox News Channel's prime-time crowd of 2.4 million viewers. Yes, it appears MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company edged out FNC FNC - Federal Networking Council in prime time Tuesday. Among CNN's prime-time audience, 1.4 million fell into the 25-to-54 age bracket that is the target audience of news operations. MSNBC's prime-time crowd included just over 1 million 25-to-54-year-olds. CNN logged a whopping 91 percent lead over FNC among 25-to-54-year-olds; FNC's prime-time audience included 739,000 in the age bracket. 
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