News & Opinion | December 27, 2018 10:25 am

MSNBC Beats Fox in Ratings for First Time in 17 Years

MSNBC averaged 1,558,000 total viewers between Dec. 17 to 21.

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MSNBC edged out Fox News in key ratings for the first time in 17 years. (Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

By Ariel Scotti @ArielScotti

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