NBC’s golden girl Megyn Kelly is quickly losing her luster as ratings for her Sunday news magazine show recorded its lowest ratings since debuting June 4. According to Nielsen Research “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly” averaged 3.1 million viewers on Sunday, just half of the 6.2 million who tuned in for its heavily hyped premiere, which […]
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Fox News hit a low point for the year on Friday night as MSNBC beat the top-rated cable news network in the 25-54 primetime demographic, which is what advertisers use to decide where to spend their ad dollars. Fox did better in total viewers, losing only the 9 p.m. slot–which they have done consistently since […]
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Normally, in the year after a presidential election, interest in news wanes and ratings of the major cable news networks drop sharply as viewers return to pre-election viewing habits. That’s not the case this year as viewers have stayed tuned to Fox News, CNN and MSNBC in order to follow the ups and downs of the […]
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Fox News’ Tucker Carlson got off to a roaring start in his primetime debut Monday night by easily outdistancing both MSNBC and CNN, proving at least for now that the decision to slide him into Megyn Kelly’s old timeslot was an excellent one. Carlson averaged 493,000 viewers in the key 25-54 demo, beating out CNN’s town […]
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Fox News, which has been under siege from sexual harassment claims and sniping between some of its star anchors, has received some good news in the form of ratings for Tucker Carlson’s new show. Carlson’s show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, not only substantially improved on the ratings posted by Greta Van Susteren and Brit Hume over the last […]
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The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fell short of initial projections in viewership, but still set records as the most-watched and most-tweeted debate in history. According to Nielsen, 84 million people tuned in to watch the highly anticipated match-up between Clinton and Trump across 13 networks, breaking the previous record of 81 […]
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December’s Democratic Party debate moderated by ABC News got a 7.85 million viewership, but last week’s debate hosted by MSNBC got only 4.5 million viewers. They are the worst two viewerships of debates for both parties.
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The Iowa caucuses, which took place on Monday night, set new viewership records for all three cable news networks, according to Nielsen fast data. Fox News led the way with 4.46 million total viewers between 8 and 11 p.m., followed by CNN with 3.73 million viewers and MSNBC with 1.97 million viewers. In the advertiser […]
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MSNBC, which has become increasingly irrelevant in the last few years as its ratings have fallen, is hoping that tonight will be the beginning of a small turnaround with the airing of a new original documentary on GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. From MSNBC: On Tuesday, December 22nd at 7 pm ET, MSNBC will premiere […]
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MSNBC continued its ratings free-fall in the second quarter with negative year-to-year comparisons in all major categories, for both total day and primetime. Total viewership was down 5 percent in the total-day category and 17 percent in the total-day demo, placing the network a distant third behind a resurgent CNN. The news was worse in primetime […]
Continue Reading7/18/2017 - Megyn Kelly’s Ratings Continue to Slide, Hits New Low on Sunday
6/20/2017 - Friday Night Fox News Ratings Massacre
3/29/2017 - Fox News Rides Trump Interest to Top of Cable Ratings
1/11/2017 - Megyn Who? Tucker Carlson Slaughters the Competition in Primetime Debut
11/23/2016 - Tucker Carlson Mows Down the Competition in Debut Week on Fox News
9/28/2016 - Presidential Debate Was Most-Watched and Tweeted Ever
2/7/2016 - Last Democratic Debate Had the Lowest Ratings So Far
2/2/2016 - Iowa Caucus Sets New Viewership Records for Cable News Networks
12/22/2015 - MSNBC Hoping for Ratings Gold with Tonight’s “Citizen Trump” Documentary
7/1/2015 - MSNBC Ratings Continue Free Fall in Second Quarter
3/25/2015 - ABC News Jabs NBC for Padding “Nightly News” Ratings
7/30/2014 - MSNBC’s Ratings Hit 8-Year Low in July
7/1/2014 - Fox News Hits Milestone: No. 1 for 50 Quarters
5/22/2014 - NBC Stretches the Truth to Claim Today Show is #1
4/15/2014 - CNN’s Don Lemon Says Network’s MH370 Coverage Isn’t Just About Ratings [Video]
4/1/2014 - Ronan Farrow is MSNBC’s Latest Flop
3/8/2014 - CNN’s Jeff Zucker: New Lineup Will “Evolve Over Time”
1/23/2014 - CNN Ratings Tank—Morgan May Be On the Way Out
12/26/2013 - 2013 Ratings: Fox News Number One for 12th Straight Year
10/9/2013 - Al Jazeera Ratings Disaster—Some Shows Hit Zero In Key Demo
5/1/2013 - CNN Overtakes MSNBC in April; Fox News #2 in All of Cable
4/18/2013 - Jeff Zucker Says CNN Isn’t “Compelling” Enough; Calls Competitors “Jealous”
3/1/2013 - Bad Month: “Today” Gets Swept By “Good Day New York,” Crushed By “GMA”
12/18/2012 - Sandy Hook Tragedy Powers CNN to Ratings Win
12/17/2012 - Fox News Rolls to 11th Year As Number One Cable News Channel
12/11/2012 - Shake-up Looming at CNN—Zucker Eyes Moving Burnett to Mornings
12/6/2012 - New “Today Show” Executive Producer: “We Hate Being Number Two”
10/5/2012 - “Good Morning America” Obliterates “Today Show” in Ratings
9/3/2012 - “Today Show” Could Face Cuts After Ratings Drop
8/26/2012 - Olympic Fever Wears Off as “Good Morning America” Beats “Today” Again
8/10/2012 - Ann Curry Makes “Today Show” Return
7/12/2012 - Post-Curry Fallout at Today—GMA Wins the Week and Almost the Demo
7/12/2012 - Maybe Beckel Was Right—MSNBC’s “The Cycle” Gets Off to A Slow Start
5/26/2012 - Gayle King Predicts “CBS This Morning” Has Two Years to Make It
4/25/2012 - Eliot Spitzer on “Viewpoint” Ratings: “My Mom’s Happy”
4/3/2012 - Spitzer Sputters In Current TV Debut
3/28/2012 - CNN Beats MSNBC in Key Demo, Finishes Third Overall
3/18/2012 - Brian Williams’ “Rock Center” Ratings Dropping Like a Stone
3/11/2012 - Fox Thumps CNN and MSNBC on Super Tuesday
2/15/2012 - Oprah Apologizes for Attempt to Goose Her OWN Ratings
2/11/2012 - ABC Continues to Drag Down Disney
2/7/2012 - Fox News Now Worth $12.4 Billion
1/26/2012 - NBC Scores Big With GOP Debate
1/1/2012 - Oprah Comes to the Aid of Her OWN Channel
12/26/2011 - Glenn Who? “The Five” is Making Fox Forget Beck
12/12/2011 - ABC Scores Big With Republican Debate; Bias Remains
11/24/2011 - CNN’s Debate Ratings Plunge
11/20/2011 - Cavuto Tells Imus to Quit Blaming Viewers for His “Awful” Show [Video]
11/14/2011 - Cenk Uygur: “I Was Fired Despite Great Ratings” — Record Says Otherwise
11/14/2011 - CBS Scores With Debate Ratings, Loses With Internet Viewers
11/9/2011 - Why FNC’s THE FIVE Owns 5PM
11/2/2011 - CNN Takes A Bite Out of MSNBC’s Ratings
10/8/2011 - “Good Morning America” Gaining Ground on “Today Show” in Ratings
9/24/2011 - Fox News/Google GOP Scores Big In the Ratings
9/19/2011 - Counting Down Olbermann’s Ratings
9/3/2011 - Summer Bummer for MSNBC as It Loses to CNN in August
8/17/2011 - CNN’s Prime Time Woes Continue
8/15/2011 - Viewers Losing Interest in Olbermann As Ratings Drop To A New Low
8/3/2011 - MSNBC President: “We’re Beginning to Chip Away at Fox News”
7/25/2011 - Cenk Uygur: “I Love Ripping Into Republicans”
7/6/2011 - Olbermann’s Ratings Plunge in Second Week
6/23/2011 - Olbermann’s Less Than Stellar Ratings Debut
3/30/2011 - MSNBC’s Griffin: ‘We’re Setting Our Sights on Fox’
3/30/2011 - Bye-Bye Katie, CBS News Ratings Lowest Since 1992
3/25/2011 - Beck’s Ratings Bounce Back
3/23/2011 - Viewers Tune Out MSNBC
3/16/2011 - Japan Quake Causes Viewers to Flee MSNBC
3/7/2011 - Will Fox News and Glenn Beck Part Company?
3/2/2011 - MSNBC and CNN Spin the Ratings
2/24/2011 - CBS News Chairman: ‘Evening News Isn’t Broken, It’s Incredible’
2/3/2011 - Egyptian Crisis Boosts CNN
1/3/2011 - CNN Tops Cable Channels in Lost Viewers
12/31/2010 - Fox News, NBC News Top Ratings in 2010
12/21/2010 - MSNBC Dances on CNN’s Grave, Ignores Fox
