CNN has dropped to last in prime-time cable news ratings:

CNN, which created the all-news cable network almost 30 years ago, hit a new competitive low with its prime-time programs in October, with three of its four programs between 7 and 11 p.m. finishing fourth and last among the cable news networks.

It was the first time that the programs had ever performed that poorly against their news network competitors. October was also the third month in the last year that CNN as a network finished fourth behind the three other cable news networks in prime time with the audience that the networks rely on for advertising sales.

CNN had a strong performance in the election year of 2008, but the channel’s prime-time numbers are down 22 percent from 2007.

H/T: Below the Beltway