The fallout from President-elect Trump’s victory on election day continues to ravage leftist news networks and CNN is reportedly taking a beating. In fact CNN’s primetime ratings have dropped to the lowest in nearly 25 years – and that’s even with the big news of Luigi Mangione killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
According to Fox News, CNN’s average total viewership during primetime last week was so low that they got beat by 16 other channels which include “TNT, Food Network, Freeform, Discovery, INSP, Hallmark Mystery, TLC, TBS, History, HGTV, USA, MSNBC, Paramount, Hallmark Channel, ESPN and Fox News.”
But it gets worse.
When it comes to the coveted 25-54 demo, CNN’s ratings plummeted them down so far that they were beaten by 26 channels which include “TV Land, MTV, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central and Adult Swim.”
Here’s more from Fox News:
Perhaps Anderson Cooper can whip up a casserole on camera to help CNN’s struggling primetime lineup that had a smaller audience than the Food Network last week.
CNN finished No. 17 among cable stations during primetime last week amid a news cycle that included the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the ensuing manhunt for his killer, a slew of news related to President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, the fallout from President Biden announcing he would pardon his son, Hunter, and a rebel alliance’s challenging Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
CNN’s primetime lineup of “Anderson Cooper 360,” “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” and “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip” averaged only 367,000 total viewers from 8-11 p.m. during the week of December 2. By comparison, Fox News Channel averaged 2.5 million total primetime viewers during the same period.
Despite the busy news cycle, CNN’s bleak audience was smaller than TNT, Food Network, Freeform, Discovery, INSP, Hallmark Mystery, TLC, TBS, History, HGTV, USA, MSNBC, Paramount, Hallmark Channel, ESPN and Fox News.
It was even worse for CNN’s primetime lineup among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54, as the network managed only 67,000 average demo viewers to finish No. 26 in cable.
TV Land, MTV, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central and Adult Swim were among the networks to jump CNN in the critical category. By comparison, Fox News Channel averaged 280,000 demo viewers during primetime last week to crush CNN’s dismal average.
CNN’s has had a rough time and had its lowest-rated week among total viewers since June 2001 during the week of November 25, averaging only 268,000 compared to 1.4 million for Fox News Channel.
CNN is also set to head to court next month as a U.S. Navy veteran is suing for defamation after claiming a 2021 segment on “The Lead with Jake Tapper” destroyed his reputation and business.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving garbage media network. Maybe Warner Bros should to take out the garbage and sell CNN while they still can…
