Top of the Ticker: The Fox & Friends road series Breakfast with Friends hit the road to celebrate the teams playing in Sunday’s Super Bowl extravaganza. On Thursday, Kansas City Chiefs fan Steve Doocy was live from Chicken N Pickle in Overland Park, Kan., hanging out alongside patrons. On Friday, Fox Nation host Abby Hornacek…
Fox News’ The Five and Jesse Watters Primetime were the only shows to see over four million total viewers. Meanwhile, MSNBC landed in second place in the Adults 25-54 demo during primetime, and all of its programs between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. had over a million total viewers. CNN had two shows over the…
CNN Departures: CNN This Morning Weekend co-anchor Amara Walker is leaving the network. Walker has been with the network since 2013, first as a CNN International anchor followed by a move to CNN in 2022 taking over from Christi Paul. In addition to her weekend duties, she also anchors the weekday edition of CNN Newsroom…
Amber Ruffin has been named the featured entertainer at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C. Colin Jost hosted the 2024 edition, the final one during President Joe Biden’s administration. Ruffin is currently a panelist on CNN’s Saturday night series Have I Got News For You. She also hosted The Amber Ruffin…
MSNBC’s streak of over a million total viewers between 4 and 11 p.m. was interrupted between 6 and 8 p.m. as its viewers did not show much interest in watching the press conference held at the White House featuring President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000) Total Day:…
Sunday’s most-watched shows in total viewers occurred outside of primetime on all three networks. The Big Weekend Show at 7 p.m. ET was on top for Fox News, while the 5 p.m. ET edition of CNN Newsroom with Jessica Dean was first for CNN. Over on MSNBC, PoliticsNation at 6 p.m. ET ranked in the…
The Five was the most-watched program on Monday, crossing the five million total viewer mark. Meanwhile, the viewership rebound continues at MSNBC as the network’s 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. lineup all registered more than one million total viewers. CNN saw its biggest total viewer audience during the 4 p.m. hour of The Lead with…
Top of the Ticker: ABC News’ overnight and early morning programs, World News Now and Good Morning America First Look, have made the move to their new space at 7 Hudson Square, per NewsCast Studio. Both shows join The View in the recently-opened Robert A. Iger building, named after the head of Disney. The media…
News outlets went into breaking news mode on Wednesday night when an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River while approaching Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. As of Thursday morning, officials have indicated that there are no survivors from the horrific incident. 64 people were onboard American Eagle Flight…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Jan. 20, 2025. Coverage of Donald Trump’s inauguration and the news that followed his return to the White House helped give the three news networks a double-digit boost in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo across primetime and total…
Longtime CNN anchor Jim Acosta is exiting the network. His departure follows an extensive programming reshuffle that would have seen him moving from the 10 a.m. ET time slot to midnight. Acosta announced his departure at the end of his Tuesday broadcast, thanking his co-workers and offering some parting words for his viewers. “It’s never…
TVNewser has confirmed that NBC News trimmed its staff count on Thursday, laying off around 40 people across various departments. According to network sources, these cuts affect close to 3% of its 1,500-employee headcount. NBC News also has 50 open positions and is looking to add more than a dozen new positions in the coming…
It’s been a busy day for CNN. On Thursday morning, the network announced a 6% reduction in staff as part of a larger pivot away from its linear business to digital platforms. CNN followed that news with a revised weekday schedule for its domestic linear product that sees prominent anchors taking on new assignments–and time…
International Hire: CBS News announced that Anna Coren has joined the network as a foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong. Coren was most recently at CNN, where she was an anchor and international correspondent. During her 17-year CNN tenure, she covered the war in Afghanistan, the Hong Kong protests, Australia’s catastrophic bushfires, and the Thai…
On Jan. 17, CNN announced that it had settled a defamation case with Navy veteran and security consultant Zachary Young. The trial unfolded in a Florida courthouse during the first two weeks of January and ended with a jury finding the network liable and awarding Young $5 million in damages. CNN joins Fox News, Newsmax,…
The numbers are in and 24.589 million total viewers watched President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, per Nielsen Media Research. That viewership spanned 15 networks, and peaked at 34.4 million during the 12:15 p.m. ET quarter-hour when Trump took the oath of office. (All times Eastern.) Not surprisingly, Fox News led the way in viewership….
Donald Trump was sworn in as America’s 47th president on a chilly Monday in Washington, D.C. President Trump took the oath of office a little after Noon/ET inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda. “From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world,” Trump said in his 30-minute inaugural address….
Top of the Ticker: CNN has been found liable by a Florida jury in its defamation case brought by Navy veteran Zachary Young. Young had accused the network of inflicting financial harm as a result of displaying his face onscreen alongside a Nov. 2021 story that discussed a “black market” that smuggled Afghanistan citizens out…
The wildfires that have raged in the Los Angeles area since Jan. 7 have resulted in large-scale amounts of property destruction and people displacement. With the death toll still climbing and over 12,000 structures damaged, it is expected to be one of the costliest natural disasters in the country’s history, with an estimated price tag…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Jan. 6, 2025. January has proven to be a busy news month so far, especially outside the political arena. The first full week of 2025 included former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral and the tragic Los Angeles wildfires. Both news…
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