This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Dec. 9, 2024. The cable news nets had a ho-hum week as none of the big three outlets posted week-to-week gains with total viewers in primetime. But CNN did have something to be happy about as the network saw a…
Joining the Early Shift: Ali Vital will anchor MSNBC’s early morning program Way Too Early starting Monday, Jan. 6. She takes over from Jonathan Lemire, who joins Morning Joe’s 9 a.m. broadcast in an expanded role as a co-host. Vital joined NBC News in 2012 and has been a Capitol Hill correspondent prior to this…
It looks like another linear cable channel is adding a streaming-friendly plus to its name. Variety reports that CNBC will launch CNBC+ in the first quarter of the new year, bringing the NBCUniversal-owned business network to a streaming menu near you. According to Brian Steinberg, CNBC+ will launch without any original programming, instead offering a…
Friday, Dec. 6 The Five ends the week as the most-watched show with over four million total viewers. Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace finished as MSNBC’s most-watched program and OutFront with Erin Burnett was first for CNN. Those three shows repeated their victories in the Adults 25-54 demo. 25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000) Total…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Dec. 2, 2024. News of Hunter Biden’s pardon, plus the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the subsequent manhunt for the killer, was enough to lift the cable news networks out of the holiday doldrums. All three cable news…
Tuesday, Dec. 3 The most-watched programs on all three networks aired in the pre-primetime evening hours. Fox News’ The Five led with over four million total viewers at 5 p.m. ET, while The Beat with Ari Melber finished first for MSNBC at 6 p.m. and the 4 p.m. hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper…
Friday, Nov. 22 CNN’s total viewer audience once again fell below 500,000 total viewers in primetime and total day. The network’s most-watched program in total viewers was the 5 p.m. hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper, while NewsNight with Abby Phillip was first in the demo. 25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000) Total Day: FNC:…
Tuesday, Nov. 26 Even during the slow Thanksgiving holiday period, Fox News’ The Five continues to be appointment television. The show hovered above the four million mark in total viewers, and was the network’s second most-watched show in Adults 25-54 demo. MSNBC’s most-watched program in total viewers was Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, while…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Nov. 25, 2024. The long Thanksgiving holiday resulted in all three networks experiencing week-to-week declines in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo. Double-digit drops in both measured categories were recorded during this slow news period. Fox News continued to…
The culmination of the 2024 presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald Trump resulted in big numbers for Fox News and audience erosion for MSNBC and CNN. Trump’s win was a big boon for FNC as it commanded the largest cable news share in its history with 62% of the cable news…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Nov. 18, 2024. All three cable news networks continued to see week-to-week declines in both total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo in the period following the 2024 presidential election. However, Fox News remained the most-watched of the three major…
If Election Day is the political world’s equivalent of the Super Bowl, then NBC News’ digital platforms scored a touchdown to kick off the month. NBCNews.com and NBC News Now saw their two highest days on record on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, and also dominated the social space among the big three broadcasters. “It…
Tuesday, November 19 Fox News continues to lap the competition in both total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo. Jesse Watters Primetime was the network’s most-watched show in the latter category, while The Five took No. 1 with the former crowd. Meanwhile, CNN fell short of 500,000 total viewers during primetime, and only mustered 379,000…
Top of the Ticker: CNN seems to be pleased with the performance of its satirical news show, Have I Got News For You. The Roy Wood Jr.-helmed American version of the long-running British series scored a Season 2 order. Have I Got News For You has paired well with CNN’s encore presentation of Real Time…
Morning Joe ended a tumultuous week with a precipitous ratings drop. Since co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski disclosed their in-person meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, the MSNBC morning show has seen a steady erosion in viewership. While that dovetails with the larger post-Election Day ratings woes facing both MSNBC and CNN, it also suggests…
Friday, Nov. 15 MSNBC triumphed over CNN among Adults 25-54 during primetime led by The ReidOut with Joy Reid as the most-watched show in that advertiser-coveted demo. But CNN still claimed bragging rights for the total day demo, seeing the most A25-54 viewers during the 5 p.m. hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper. Meanwhile,…
Tuesday, November 12 Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime won the total viewer battle, while Gutfeld! was the most-watched program in the demo. CNN drew more viewers than MSNBC in the Adults 25-54 demo during both dayparts, while MSNBC finished as the No. 2 network in total viewers in primetime and total day. But neither network…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Nov. 11, 2024. The viewership wave that followed President-elect Donald Trump’s Election Night victory greatly benefited Fox News as the network crested to ratings high. And viewers have continued to stay tuned to Fox News as the new administration takes…
The Morning Joe team kick-started their own news cycle on Monday when co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski revealed that they’d booked a private sit-down interview with Donald Trump over the weekend. It was the duo’s first in-person meeting with the president-elect in seven years and the first contact they’d had since Scarborough called Trump…
Now we know how Morning Joe duo Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski spent their weekend. The co-hosts of MSNBC’s morning show flew down to Florida for their first face-to-face encounter with President-elect Donald Trump in seven years. “We talked about a lot of issues,” Scarborough said at the top of Monday’s show, referencing subjects like…
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