Top of the Ticker: CNN’s chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward and her crew were briefly detained by a rebel militia in the Darfur region of Sudan earlier this month. Ward wrote about her harrowing 48-hour experience in a post on CNN’s website recounting why they were in that area, how they were captured, and how…
Friday, Oct. 18 Only 30,000 total viewers separated the 4 p.m. ET shows on Fox News and MSNBC–Your World with Neil Cavuto and Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace, respectively. (All times Eastern.) In the Adults 25-54 demo, though, Cavuto was the clear winner. 25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000) Total Day: FNC: 235 | CNN:…
Tuesday, Oct. 15 Fox News’ The Five won in total viewers at 5 p.m. ET (all times Eastern), while Gutfeld! led in the Adults 25-54 demo. CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins was the network’s top show in the demo and the network’s third most-watched program in total viewers behind Erin Burnett OutFront and Anderson…
Top of the Ticker: CNN’s Chairman and CEO Mark Thompson has officially passed the one-year mark as the network’s leader. As he embarks on his second year, The Ankler’s Lachlan Cartwright reports Thompson is looking to shake things up in a big way at the network. As he renewed the contracts of his marquee talent,…
Opportunities to reach the undecided become fewer and fewer for the presidential candidates and their running mates to deliver their closing messages as the days leading to election day grow shorter and shorter. With early voting already underway in some of the battleground states, TVNewser has a round-up of where you can watch interviews of…
Opportunities to reach the undecided become fewer and fewer for the presidential candidates and their running mates to deliver their closing messages as the days leading to election day grow shorter and shorter. With early voting already underway in some of the battleground states, TVNewser has a round-up of where you can watch interviews of…
Prime Election Day: Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service has officially thrown its hat into news coverage. As Puck’s Dylan Byers reported weeks ago, Prime Video has struck a deal with former NBC News anchor Brian Williams to helm special election night coverage that will free to watch for Prime Video subscribers. Election Night with Brian…
Top of the Ticker: For nearly an hour on Tuesday evening, CNN and MSNBC carried Vice President Kamala Harris’ buzzy interview with popular radio personality Charlamagne tha God. Since it was an audio-only conversation, both networks resorted to creatively displaying an on-air graphic while the interview was rebroadcast on their respective airwaves. The interview took…
Friday, Oct. 11 Fox finishes in first place across the board, while MSNBC takes second in total day and primetime with total viewers. But CNN takes the No. 2 spot in the primetime demo. 25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000) Total Day: FNC: 215 | CNN: 106 | MSNBC: 113Prime: FNC: 304 | CNN: 128 |…
Monday, Oct. 7 At the top of the week, Fox News’ The Five wins in primetime total viewers, while Jesse Watters Primetime wins the demo. Meanwhile, The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell was MSNBC’s most-watched show in total viewers, while Erin Burnett OutFront took that title for CNN. 25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000) Total Day:…
Hurricane Milton’s landfall on Florida’s west coast occurred on Wednesday night, and viewers were glued in to witness its ferocity as the cable news networks offered blanket coverage of the storm. The big three cable news networks combined for nearly 5 million viewers between 4 p.m. and midnight, with the category three storm making landfall…
Fox News announced on Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris would sit down for an interview with its chief political anchor, Bret Baier, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m. ET. This will be the Democratic presidential candidate’s first formal interview on the network and will be conducted in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. The…
With another presidential debate looking increasingly unlikely, the cable news networks have pivoted to another format they know well–town halls. On Friday, CNN and Fox News both announced separate town halls with the candidates. Vice President Kamala Harris will appear on CNN, while former President Donald Trump will be on Fox. CNN’s live town hall…
Dateline Blayne: The Dateline NBC family grows with the addition of its newest correspondent, Blayne Alexander. Based in Atlanta and just back from maternity leave, Alexander has been with NBC News since 2019 and previously reported on the 2020 and 2022 elections, the COVID-19 pandemic, and nationwide protests around racial injustice. “Blayne Alexander is an…
A suddenly roofless Tropicana Field. A construction crane toppling over and crashing into the Tampa Times offices. Those are some of the searing images that aired on the major networks when Hurricane Milton made landfall on the Florida Peninsula on Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm. Even as coverage shifts into recovery phase, those…
As Hurricane Milton races towards the Florida Peninsula, national news outlets are switching from political to hurricane coverage mode, and local TV meteorologists are monitoring the potential devastation this extreme weather event could bring. One such meteorologist is John Morales from WTVJ, NBC’s local affiliate in Miami. On Monday, Morales visibly teared up while providing…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of September 30, 2024. While the evening news broadcasts may not have seen a bounce from last week’s CBS News vice presidential debate between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. J.D. Vance, the cable news nets did enjoy a boost for their…
From a weather perspective, September is the transition from summer to autumn/fall. For many, this period of the calendar is the sweet spot weather-wise as the blistering temps of the summer have gone and given way to milder, more enjoyable temperatures, with the surrounding vegetation still looking as lush as ever. The days are getting…
Below are the cable news ratings for the third quarter of 2024. The period from July to the end of September was busy for news. Calls for President Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic nominee grew louder after his disastrous performance during CNN’s presidential debate between him and former President Donald Trump. Plus,…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of September 23, 2024. The last full week of September saw Fox News continue to dominate in primetime and total day, while also posting week-to-week audience losses in total viewers and Adults 25-54 demos during both dayparts. On the other hand,…
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