Do more people watch CNN or the weather channel?

CNN.

For the year 2004, CNN ranked 19th among cable networks in terms of
average total viewers.  The Weather Channel didn't even crack the top
25.

see: TOP 25 AD-SUPPORTED CABLE NETWORKS, Media Life Magazine, January 5, 2005
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/News2005/jan05/3_wed/news4wednesday.html

Once in a while when there's a hurricane or some other dramatic
weather condition, The Weather Channel gets a spike in viewership and
scores big ratings.

For example...

"During its coverage of Hurricane Frances, The Weather Channel
achieved its highest-rated week (M-S) in TWC recorded history with a
Total Day (5a-2a) average HH rating of 1.021. For the week, TWC made
the lists of Top Ten Basic Cable Ad-Supported Networks in Prime Time,
Total Day, and Total Day Among A18-49."
http://press.weather.com/index.php/press_releases/46.html


To reiterate, though, for the whole year of 2004, The Weather Channel
did not rank among the top 25 cable networks in viewership while CNN
took 19th place.

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search strategy:
"most watched cable networks"
top "ad supported" cable networks "weather channel" cnn

I hope this helps.

Great! Thanks for the help!