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The ratings are in for the debut of Parker-Spitzer on CNN and unlike most inaugural shows it didn’t give the network a boost.
From Business Insider
CNN’s new 8 p.m. show, “Parker Spitzer,” which premiered last night, already got beat up today with some pretty bad reviews. Now the Nielsen ratings have come in, via MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, who also has a show at 8 p.m., and it ain’t pretty!
“Parker Spitzer” had 460,000 454,000 total viewers last night (Olbermann’s tweet high-balled it), which is not much more than about how many were watching recently-fired Rick Sanchez while he was subbing (and turning in CNN’s worst 8 p.m. ratings in three years) during that time slot.
To put it in perspective, Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” had about 3.1 million viewers last night; “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” had about 1.1 million.
UPDATE – Nancy Grace also beat “Parker Spitzer” at 8 p.m. on CNN sister network HLN, with 468,000 total viewers, according to Nielsen.
Not only did the show lose out to HLN but it was below the previous quarter’s average viewership of 512,000 by a substantial amount and in the key 18-49 demographic that advertisers covet the numbers declined from 149,000 to 118,000 which isn’t a good sign.
One show doesn’t a trend make but stumbling out of the gate isn’t exactly going to exude a lot of confidence for new CNN head Ken Jautz.
At least he can blame this one on his predecessor Jon Klein who was fired before the show debuted and based on the ratings that was probably a wise decision.
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2 Comments for Parker-Spitzer No Solution to CNN’s Ills
So who can ever trust a liberal left-wing news agency owned by the infamous RED TED TURNER and with BIG BAD WOLF BLITZER as well
The LACK of interest in this CNN show says: 1. that a virulent pro-abortionist who was a serial adulterer with high-paid whores, Spitzer, is not worth watching; and 2. neither is a “conservative” poseur in Parker, who has never been considered a conservative, & who has never been active in our Movement. I never saw her picketing at an abortion killing mill, which MAY be why Spitzer was willing to co-host with her. You are aware, no doubt, that Spitzer tried to muzzle & even shut down such pro-life activities and people. But Kathleen is NOT one of them/us. ‘Nuff said.