FOX ‘News’ Just Got Dethroned By MSNBC

For the first time in its 21 years, MSNBC sits atop the cable news universe, knocking FOX News down to its lowest position in 17 years in this week’s Nielsen ratings.

MSNBC finished number one in cable news, and only behind NBA-airer TNT among all cable networks, with a weekday prime average of 2.44 million viewers. Behind them, FOX News, facing internal sexual harassment crises and a growing credibility gap, continued its recent descent with 2.405 million average nightly viewers.