CNN's Larry King loses in cable news ratings war to Fox for the first time

NEW YORK - In another milestone for the ascendant Fox News Channel, the political talk show ``Hannity & Colmes&#39;&#39; has eclipsed CNN&#39;s ``Larry King Live&#39;&#39; in the ratings for the first time. <br> <br> The program with conservative commentator Sean Hannity and his more liberal foil, Alan Colmes, has averaged 1.65 million viewers in October to King&#39;s 1.58 million, according to Nielsen Media Research. <br> <br> Fox surpassed CNN in full-day ratings for the first time earlier this year and can now boast that it is the top-rated cable news network throughout prime-time. <br> <br> ``Hannity & Colmes&#39;&#39; benefits from being on directly after ``The O&#39;Reilly Factor,&#39;&#39; which had a bigger audience this month than rivals Connie Chung and Phil Donahue combined. <br> <br> CNN spokeswoman Christa Robinson said Tuesday that her network remains solidly behind King, whose show like most cable news programs in a busy news month showed growth from September.