Charles Barkley and Gayle King to host new primetime CNN TV show, NBA legend promises show will be 'non-political,' 'fair and honest'
Charles Barkley and Gayle King announced that they would be hosting a new CNN primetime TV show. The legendary NBA player promised that the new cable TV show would be "non-political."
"King Charles" will be a one-hour live CNN TV show that will air on primetime on Wednesdays starting this fall and running into 2024.
Barkley and King said they weren't looking for another TV job, but the couple saw the opportunity to work together as worthwhile. King appears on "CBS Mornings" and Barkley is with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports.
King said on Saturday, "What I think is so great for the both of us is that it’s live TV. To me, live TV is like working without a net. So whatever happens, happens. I like that."
Gayle noted that she and Barkley are "curious people."
When Barkley is asked what the show will look like, the sports broadcaster answered, "I want it to be non-political."
King abruptly interrupted Barkley, "But we'll talk about politics."
Barkley fired back, "We will, but we don't want to say we're a liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat. That's one of the things that's already ruined television in general."
Barkley said he and his new co-host are both "straight shooters."
The basketball legend said, "All I want is people, even if I disagree with them, to be honest with me. I don't want them saying things to get clickbait. That's what drives me crazy about people in our profession right now."
Barkley said, "I know she's going to be fair and honest, you know I'm going to do the same thing."
King added, "Everyone I know has an opinion about something. I just think we have to figure out a way to have a good conversation without tearing each other down, I think we can do that."
When asked about what would be the topic of his show if it started today, Barkley said he would talk about mass shootings in the United States.
"You guys know I'm a pro-gun guy, but it should not be easy to get guns," Barkley said. "We got to start doing better."
King told a story of friends who are allegedly considering moving out of American because they're scared of their children being victims of gun violence in schools.
Barkley's current coworker, Shaquille O'Neal, jokingly warned King that Barkley is "very moody" and to buy him Krispy Kreme donuts to butter him up.
CNN CEO Chris Licht said in a memo, "This show will be an exciting new way we are delivering culturally relevant programming and unique perspectives to our audience, from two incredibly dynamic personalities."
Licht has struggled to find a primetime show to excel in the ratings after Chris Cuomo was fired by the network in December 2021.
CNN's ratings have tanked in recent years. Primetime ratings for CNN collapsed 61% in March — the steepest drop in viewership among the big three cable TV news networks, according to Nielsen.
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\u201cComing this fall, King Charles with Gayle King and Charles Barkley will air weekly on CNN in primetime running into 2024. Hear Gayle and Charles talk about their new show on @NBAonTNT.\u201d— CNN Communications (@CNN Communications) 1682184462
Don Lemon apologizes for 'sexist' and 'completely offensive' comment about Nikki Haley and women in their prime
CNN host Don Lemon issued an apology for comments that were deemed "sexist" and "completely offensive" that he made against Nikki Haley and women who he considered to be out of their prime.
On Wednesday, Haley made a veiled slight against former President Donald Trump, 76, and President Joe Biden, 80. Haley called for "mandatory mental competency tests" for politicians over the age of 75.
"America is not past our prime — it's just that our politicians are past theirs," Haley said during a rally in South Carolina that launched her 2024 White House bid.
"If you're tired of losing, put your trust in a new generation," Haley added.
Speaking about Haley's remarks, Don Lemon strangely talked about the prime ages of women.
"This whole talk about age makes me uncomfortable," Lemon said during "CNN This Morning." "I think it’s the wrong road to go down."
"She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime. Sorry, when a woman is in their prime in 20s and 30s and maybe 40s," the 56-year-old Lemon said of the 51-year-old Haley.
Co-host Poppy Harlow was befuddled by Lemon's comments.
Harlow asked Lemon, "Wait. Prime for what?"
"That’s not according to me," Lemon deflected.
Harlow again asked, "Prime for what?"
Lemon replied, "It depends, it’s just like, prime."
Lemon attempted to blame Google for his comments.
"If you look it up, if you Google ‘when is a woman in her prime’ it’ll say 20s, 30s, and 40s," Lemon argued. "I'm not saying I agree with that."
Harlow questioned Lemon, "Are you talking about prime for, like, childbearing? Or are you talking about prime for being president?"
Lemon said, "Don't shoot the messenger."
"I'm just saying what the facts are. Google it. Everybody at home, when is a woman in her prime? It says 20s, 30s, and 40s," Lemon backtracked. "I'm just saying, Nikki Haley should be careful about saying that [politicians] are not in their prime, and that they need to be in their prime when they serve, because she wouldn’t be in her prime, according to Google or whatever it is."
\u201cDon Lemon: "Nikki Haley isn\u2019t in her prime. Sorry, when a woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s, and 30s, and maybe 40s\u2026"\n\nPoppy Harlow: "Are you talking about prime for like child bearing?"\n\n"Don\u2019t shoot the messenger! I\u2019m just saying what the facts are! Google it!"\u201d— Townhall.com (@Townhall.com) 1676559460
Haley responded to Lemon's comments by saying, "Liberals can't stand the idea of having competency tests for older politicians to make sure they can do the job. BTW it's always the liberals who are the most sexist."
Former CNN correspondent Kate Bennett blasted Lemon.
"This is sexism, and completely offensive. And it’s amplified by the 'sets off' description below," Bennet wrote on Twitter. "Can women not respond to a boneheaded statement without being accused of overreaction? Also, who over the age of 14 uses 'google it!' as a defense."
Lemon issued an apology on Thursday.
"The reference I made to a woman's 'prime' this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it," Lemon tweeted. "A woman's age doesn't define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day."
\u201cThe reference I made to a woman\u2019s \u201cprime\u201d this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it. A woman\u2019s age doesn't define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day.\u201d— Don Lemon (@Don Lemon) 1676572343
"CNN This Morning" is languishing in the ratings, notching the network’s lowest-rated morning show in nearly a decade.
The Wrap noted last week, "Since its Nov. 1, 2022 launch, 'CNN This Morning' — hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins — has drawn in the lowest viewership among adults 25-54, the key demographic for cable news, and the second-lowest total viewership among each iteration of the network’s morning programming since New Day' was launched in June 2013, according to Nielsen data."
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Debut of Don Lemon's 'CNN This Morning' show is a ratings bomb
New management at CNN is hoping that shuffling Don Lemon from primetime to a new morning show will increase ratings at the struggling network. However, the debut of the new "CNN This Morning" was a ratings bomb.
"CNN This Morning" took over the 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. time slot from its predecessor, "New Day." The show features co-hosts Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow, and Kaitlan Collins.
CNN has heavily promoted the new a.m. political talk show since Oct. 20.
The promotional trailer for the new show features all three co-hosts at a coffee shop talking about how they're all good friends. In the video, Harlow commended Lemon for being a "real friend" because he flew to Slovenia for her wedding.
Harlow explained, "We need to cover more of what is happening across America."
Lemon said of the new show, "It's really all about conversation. We are the place for accuracy, and we are the place for content."
However, the promotion for the new cable news show did not pay dividends in the debut of "CNN This Morning."
"CNN This Morning" debuted to an average of 387,000 total viewers on Tuesday. The scarcely-watched "New Day" actually had better ratings than the show that replaced it. "New Day" averaged 413,000 daily viewers in 2022 before it was canceled.
"CNN This Morning" also struggled to grab eyeballs from the coveted 25-54 demographic, only getting 71,000 in the age group targeted by advertisers.
IndieWire reported, "From a year-to-date perspective, the 'CNN This Morning' series premiere was down 6 percent in total viewers and -17 percent in the demo."
CNN's cable news competitors crushed the debut of "CNN This Morning."
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” more than doubled “CNN This Morning” with 793,000 total viewers on Tuesday, plus 114,000 in the 25-54 demographic. Fox News' "Fox & Friends" dominated with 1.5 million total viewers on Tuesday and 236,000 in the target group.
Fox News noted, "Repeats of 'Young Sheldon' and 'The Big Bang Theory' on TBS, ESPN’s 'Around the Horn,' decades-old reruns of 'Gunsmoke' on INSP and 'The Andy Griffith Show' on TV Land and TLC’s 'Little People, Big World' were among the basic cable offerings on Monday that had larger audiences than the debut of 'CNN This Morning.'"
Tuesday's debut of "CNN This Morning" was a ratings disaster despite the inaugural episode featuring a pre-recorded interview between Lemon and the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman.
CNN's chairman and CEO Chris Licht has high hopes for the Lemon-centric show.
"There is no stronger combination of talent than Don, Poppy, and Kaitlan to deliver on our promise of a game-changing morning news program," Licht said when the show was announced in September. "They are each uniquely intelligent, reliable, and compelling; together they have a rare and palpable chemistry. Combined with CNN’s resources and global newsgathering capabilities, we will offer a smart, bold, and refreshing way to start the day."
There have been several changes that have taken place at the network since Licht took over.
It was also announced this week that CNN anchor Jake Tapper was being demoted from the primetime slot that he started just weeks ago back to his late-afternoon television show.
Following a six-month review of CNN's business, Licht will reportedly cut some jobs at the cable news network.
"We will be strategic in this process and will minimize the impact on our core newsgathering operation and digital, both of which have already executed smart changes," Licht wrote last month in a memo to employees. "Let me be clear: I will not allow these changes to affect our position as the world’s leading news source, and we will continue to invest in growth areas. When we conclude this process, CNN will still be the largest, most-respected newsgathering organization in the world. We will continue to cover any story, anywhere, any time–with more resources than anyone else. Full stop."
You can watch the promotional trailer for "CNN This Morning" below.
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Liberals suffer collective freakout over CNN parting with John Harwood, say network becoming 'Fox News Lite' and promise boycott: 'Grave threat to democracy'
Liberals suffered a meltdown because CNN is cleaning house after disastrous ratings. Leftists claimed CNN is becoming "Fox News Lite" and threatened the boycott the dwindling cable TV news network.
Last month, the New York Times reported that CNN's ratings have plummeted and the "network is on a pace to drop below $1 billion in profit for the first time in years, according to people familiar with its operations, amid steep declines in TV viewership."
CNN replaced Jeff Zucker with Chris Licht as the new head of the cable news network.
There were reports that Licht would adopt a more nonpartisan stance in its news coverage.
The cable network has already forced out "Reliable Sources" host Brian Stetler and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. On Friday, the network parted with longtime commentator John Harwood.
On Saturday, the term "Boycott CNN" was a trending topic on Twitter.
In desperate Twitter reactions, liberals had a collective freakout over the dismissal of Harwood. Many threatened to boycott the network for becoming "Fox News Lite."
Leftwing journalist Dan Rather: "What is going on at CNN? It's a serious question. There is a lot of speculation on directives and motives. What's really going on? And is it being noticed by the audience?"
Actor John Ales: "John Harwood could be the next Walter Cronkite if only there were a mainstream platform that didn’t put profit first. This should scare the s**t out of us. #BoycottCNN."
Liberal author Kurt Eichenwald: "The idiocy at @CNN that they think they can become FoxNews-lite and will win over conservatives is bizarre. The fact that they don't see they will lose all of their regular viewers who don't want propaganda-lite is even greater idiocy."
Democratic strategist Greg Pinelo: "Still incensed about @JohnJHarwood being fired. Let sink in that there are 3 major cable news networks in America and 2 of them are controlled by politically active right-wing oligarchs. This is yet another grave threat to democracy."
Screenwriter Randi Mayem Singer: "Will anyone not already terminated by @CNN speak the truth as John Harwood did? The new CNN is normalizing and both sides-ing fascism."
Progressive commentator Charlotte Clymer: "CNN White House Correspondent John Harwood offered this reasonable analysis. A short while later, he announced he’ll no longer be at the network. It’s pretty clear that CNN’s new leadership is aiming to become a lesser Fox News."
Political analyst Ameshia Cross: "CNN is dying a shameful death. They used to be a valid source. I grew up on the network. Today I'm ashamed of what they've become. And this weird pivot Right attacking Biden's speech is the nail in their coffin. With few exceptions they sound Fox lite w/o the Fox viewership."
Musician Quest Love: "Why would @CNN flush everything down the toilet like this? SMH."
Leftist commentator Malcolm Nance: "Treat CNN like Tesla. Let’s hit them right in the MF’ing wallet. Punish their shareholders for choosing a CEO who was brought in to betray America for Trump. #BoycottCNN."
Democratic activist Pam Keith: "CNN is gone full MAGA because a Trumper took control of it."
CNN president Jeff Zucker stuns employees with sudden resignation
CNN president Jeff Zucker "stunned" colleagues on Wednesday by announcing his sudden resignation, writing in a memo that he had failed to disclose a romantic relationship with another senior executive at CNN.
Zucker ends a nine-year tenure as the network's president and chairman of WarnerMedia's news and sports division.
In the memo, Zucker said that his relationship came up during the investigation into disgraced ex-CNN anchor Chris Cuomo's actions to squash the sexual harassment allegations leveled at his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
"As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo's tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, someone I have worked with for more than 20 years. I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn't," Zucker said. "I was wrong."
"As a result, I am resigning today," he wrote.
According to the New York Times, Zucker was referring to Allison Gollust, CNN's executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Gollust acknowledged the relationship in a statement on Wednesday and said she would be remaining at CNN.
“Jeff and I have been close friends and professional partners for over 20 years,” she said. “Recently, our relationship changed during Covid. I regret that we didn’t disclose it at the right time. I’m incredibly proud of my time at CNN and look forward to continuing the great work we do everyday.”
Zucker and Gollust are both divorced.
CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said the scandal-ridden organization was "stunned" by this development.
Jeff Zucker just announced his resignation to a stunned CNN.pic.twitter.com/sWXYNBO20d— Brian Stelter (@Brian Stelter) 1643817772
Zucker exits CNN amid a dispute with Cuomo, who was fired in December for grossly violating journalistic ethics by helping his brother, the governor, fight sexual harassment allegations throughout 2021. Cuomo has hired Hollywood litigator Bryan Freedman and is suing CNN for $18 million, alleging the company wrongly denied him severance pay.
Cuomo and Zucker reportedly had a close relationship at CNN, and Zucker sought to protect the embattled anchor after it came to light that he was advising his brother. But after the New York attorney general's office revealed that Cuomo had sought to learn about articles being written at other news outlets about his brother, Zucker ended his support and fired the anchor.
There were also allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against Cuomo by a former junior colleague at CNN days before he was fired. Cuomo has denied the allegation.
After firing Cuomo, Zucker claimed that the news about the depth of his involvement with the governor's scandal response came as a surprise. But Cuomo has accused Zucker of having full knowledge of what he was doing, "including about the details of Mr. Cuomo's support for his brother."
CNN said in December that Cuomo's claims were "patently false."
Complicating the matter of Zucker's exit from CNN is that his girlfriend, Gollust, served as Gov. Cuomo's communications director before becoming executive vice president at CNN. This fact creates all sorts of possible conflicts of interest leading up to Cuomo's eventual termination and now Zucker's resignation.
Meanwhile, CNN ratings continue to plummet, because beyond problems with the network's leadership, its news coverage makes bad TV.
Brian Stelter gets trashed by his own guest, Michael Wolff tells CNN host: 'You are one of the reasons why people can't stand the media'
CNN host Brian Stelter was mercilessly trashed on his own CNN show on Sunday by his guest, author Michael Wolff. The author was on the cable TV show "Reliable Sources" to promote his latest book about former President Donald Trump, but ended up slamming the corporate media and Stelter for being in "its own bubble."
"I think you yourself... while you're a nice guy... you're full of sanctimony. You've become one of the parts of the problem of the media," Wolff said of Stelter. "You come on here and have a monopoly on truth. You know exactly how things are supposed to be done. You are one of the reasons why people can't stand the media."
Stelter attempted to laugh off the criticisms, "You're cracking me up."
The CNN host asked what he should do differently, to which the author responded, "Don't talk so much. Listen more."
"You know people have genuine problems with the media," Wolff replied. "The media doesn't get the story right, the media exists in its own bubble."
Wolff said Stelter is "incredibly repetitive," saying the "same old stuff week after week."
"You're the flip side of Donald Trump," Wolff stated. "Fake news, and you say, 'Virtuous news.'"
Stelter attempted to defend his cable TV news show by saying, "We just figure out what is real."
"Well figuring out what is real is not so easy," Wolff said before blasting Stelter yet again, "Most people don't want to turn to Brian Stelter to tell us what's real."
Stelter tried to laugh off the insult, and asked Wolff, "Why'd ya bother coming on CNN a couple times this week?"
Wolff delivered an honest and stinging rebuttal, "You know, I'm a book salesman."
Michael Wolff: "You are the flip side of Donald Trump... most people don't want to turn to Brian Stelter to tell u… https://t.co/ol6TTm6UNk
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) 1626624273.0
Wolff's assessment of the media is correct, according to a recent Gallup poll that shows the media is one of the American institutions with the least amount of cofidence. The poll shows that a mere 21% of respondents said they had "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in newspapers, while just 16% of Americans said they had the same of television news. The only institution that had lower scores was Congress, which only 12% of Americans had confidence in.
The lack of confidence and lack of Donald Trump has hurt cable TV news networks, especially CNN.
Deadline reported on the cable TV ratings for June:
In primetime, Fox News topped with an average of 2.13 million viewers, compared to 1.31 million for MSNBC and 798,000 for CNN. Compared to the same month a year earlier, Fox News was off 42%, MSNBC was down 36% and CNN dropped 57%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News drew an average of 329,000, down 50%; compared to 179,000 for CNN, falling 68%; and 166,000 for MSNBC, off by 48%.
The ratings for May were equally as disappointing:
Fox News averaged 2.2 million primetime viewers in May to finish as the only basic cable channel to average more than two million viewers from 8-11 p.m. ET. MSNBC finished second with an average of 1.5 million and TNT, ESPN and HGTV rounded out the top five while CNN failed to crack the one-million viewer benchmark, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Stelter's "Reliable Sources" averaged only 810,000 total viewers for the May 2 episode, which was the lowest-rated episode of the year at the time. But viewership tanked even more in June, when "Reliable Sources" averaged a mere 786,000 viewers, which is down 56% from its January totals.
Brian Stelter serves up softball question to Jen Psaki, interview slammed as being 'propaganda' and 'bootlicking'
CNN host Brian Stelter was ridiculed online for a softball question to White House press secretary Jen Psaki that some labeled as "propaganda" and bootlicking."
During CNN's "Reliable Sources" talk show that aired on Sunday, Stelter asked Psaki, "What does the press get wrong when covering Biden's agenda? When you watch the news, when you read the news, what do you think we get wrong?"
Psaki responded to the unchallenging question, "Look, I think some of our muscles have atrophied a little bit over the last few years, and there isn't a lot of recent memory on how long it takes to get legislation forward, or how messy the process of negotiating and the process of getting legislation across the finish line can be."
Brian Stelter asks White House press secretary Jen Psaki about the media's coverage of Joe Biden:"What does the p… https://t.co/ULt7hPjW6i
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) 1622996040.0
The amicable and favorable question by the friendly press was slammed on Twitter.
Newsbusters news analyst Nicholas Fondacaro said Stelter was "bootlicking."
Conservative blogger Erik Soderstrom sounded off, "What a subservient, obsequious question for anyone in media to be earnestly asking the President's mouthpiece. @brianstelter can't wait to grovel before Democrats when he wakes up in the morning."
Senior editor at The Federalist Mollie Hemingway tweeted, "Our corrupt media are absolutely nothing more than propagandists and should be treated as such."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's former grassroots director, Nicholas Sandmann, noted, "Media during Trump couldn't say enough about how wrong everything he did was. Media under Biden can't think of anything to even question in his administration."
New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz referred to the time the press asked President Joe Biden about his milkshake, "Missed opportunity to get Jen's favorite ice cream flavor."
Conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller mocked Stelter by saying, "'How can we do a better job of sucking up to you?'"
"The News and Why It Matters" host Sara Gonzales mocked Stelter's lack of journalistic integrity with a meme from "The Simpsons."
@DailyCaller @PressSec https://t.co/FbyCnG5UzY
— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) 1622999670.0
Also from the same fawning interview, Stelter attempted to bond with Psaki based on them both being parents of young children, asking her if she fears for their children when they grow up considering the "craziness we're seeing from the GOP." Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald lampooned Stelter's "sycophantic" interview.
Two actual questions from a CNN host to the spokesperson for the planet's "most powerful politician":* Tell us wh… https://t.co/x33sYhXZcw
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) 1623004363.0
Stelter then claimed that "a lot of liberals don't think Fox should be called on" during White House press conferences, and asked, "So why do you call on Fox News and Newsmax?"
Stelter also asked what Psaki learned from previously being a commentator for CNN, and how that helps her in her current job as White House press secretary.
And later on in the gushing interview, Stelter asked Psaki about how her time as a CNN commentator helped her do he… https://t.co/2tfX4d8CMK
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) 1622997172.0
Stelter may have hinted that Psaki shouldn't be taking questions from Fox News since it is CNN's competition, but recently Stelter has been taking a beating in the ratings. In the first week of May, Stelter's "Reliable Sources" talk show suffered its lowest ratings of the year, averaging only 810,000 total viewers for the May 2 episode.
"Reliable Sources" is down 53% in viewership since January.
CNN's 'Reliable Sources' suffers lowest ratings of the year — and it gets even worse for host Brian Stelter
The post-President Trump world has left many media outlets hurting for clicks and viewers, but possibly the hardest-hit network could be CNN. "Reliable Sources" suffered its lowest ratings of the year, and yet somehow the news gets even worse for host Brian Stelter.
"Reliable Sources" averaged only 810,000 total viewers for the May 2 episode, which was the smallest audience the show had so far this year, according to Fox News. It gets even worse for the struggling Sunday morning cable TV news show because in the highly coveted demographic of adults ages 25-54, "Reliable Sources" was able to garner an abysmal 163,000 viewers. The news opinion program had viewership below 1 million for five consecutive weeks.
To add insult to injury, "Reliable Sources" had better ratings without regular host Stelter, who has often been labeled as a "hall monitor" by his critics. The previous week's episode with fill-in host John Avalon notched 907,000 viewers, nearly 100,000 more than when Stetler returned from vacation. Avalon also did better with the advertiser-friendly 25-54 demo, averaging 182,000 viewers.
"Reliable Sources" claims to examine "the media world – telling the story behind the story – how the news gets made," but often spends large portions of the show criticizing Fox News, especially with Donald Trump not available as a viable target since he is out of the White House.
Turn on @CNN – it's @ReliableSources time – @JohnAvlon is in the chair while I'm somewhere out here. Guests:… https://t.co/GwklZXZIc1
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) 1619362847.0
CNN's "New Day" program is also struggling mightily, despite having a brand-new host. "New Day," which has a new co-host in Brianna Keilar who replaced Alisyn Camerota, had its worst ratings of the year last week. "New Day" is averaging fewer than 500,000 viewers with Keilar at the helm, down 37% compared to the first quarter with co-hosts Camerota and John Berman, according to Nielsen Media Research. "Fox & Friends," the direct competition for "New Day," reeled in an average of 1.2 million viewers from April 26 through May 2.
Overall, Fox News was the clearcut ratings winner with an average of 2.3 million primetime viewers, surpassing MSNBC with an average of 1.6 million. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" averaged 2.9 million viewers, making it the most-watched cable news program of the week.
A new Rasmussen Reports survey found that CNN is likely to continue to struggle in the ratings department. A survey of 1,000 likely voters between May 3-4 were asked if they continue to watch the big three cable networks.
Fox News was the winner with 41% of viewers saying they continue to watch the conservative news channel. But viewers are less likely to watch left-wing cable networks CNN and MSNBC. A mere 25% of respondents said they "generally watch" CNN, and only 21% said they tune into MSNBC.
"It may be that the biggest loser in last year's election wasn't a political candidate, but CNN, which has seen its ratings drop precipitously since former President Donald Trump left office in January," Rasmussen Reports stated. "Those numbers are a sharp reversal from four years ago, when Trump's presidency proved a ratings gold mine for CNN. In a June 2017 survey, 47% of regular cable news viewers said they generally watched CNN, compared to 33% for Fox News and 16% for MSNBC."
During President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office, ratings have plummeted for CNN and MSNBC.
"On average, 1.3 million household viewers were watching MSNBC in the last week of January, shortly after Biden took office," The Hill reported. "For the week ending April 25, that number was 868,000. At CNN, those figures went from 1.2 million to 749,000."
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