Newsmax beats CNN in Friday’s prime-time ratings.

Newsmax Beats CNN in Prime-Time Ratings

Newsmax has emerged as the nation’s thirdprime-time ratings.”>-highest-rated cable news channel, beating out CNN in Friday’s prime-time ratings. According to Nielsen Media Research, Newsmax’s “Eric Bolling The Balance” recorded 467,000 viewers in the 8 p.m. ET hour, while only 447,000 watched CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360.” In the 9 p.m. ET hour, “The Right Squad” on Newsmax garnered 32,000 more viewers than CNN’s “Whole Story.” And in the 10 p.m. ET slot, “Greg Kelly Reports” scored 278,000 viewers while “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” only managed to notch 263,000.

Conservative Network’s Ratings on the Rise

Newsmax’s CEO Christopher Ruddy said in a statement, “Newsmax has witnessed a consistent, positive trend for weeks and we are looking forward to enormous interest in the network as we draw closer to the GOP primaries and ’24 election.” According to a recently published Newsmax article, the conservative network’s ratings have increased since Fox News’ firing of Tucker Carlson several weeks ago. Late last month, Fox released a press release revealing the network and Carlson had “agreed to part ways,” but didn’t provide a specific reason as to why the host was leaving.

Tucker Carlson’s Departure from Fox News

Through the past several years, Carlson arguably provided the most insightful analysis of current events among New York and D.C. media pundits. Since departing Fox News, Carlson has announced he will start airing his show on Twitter. “There aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech,” Carlson said in a video he tweeted. “The last big one remaining in the world, the only one, is Twitter, where we are now.” As of Tuesday, the video had garnered more than 27 million views.

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