{"id":1510278,"date":"2022-06-10T11:19:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T15:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510278"},"modified":"2022-06-10T11:19:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T15:19:54","slug":"cnn-ratings-collapse-fox-news-dominates-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-ratings-collapse-fox-news-dominates-again\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Ratings Collapse, Fox News Dominates Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-ratings-collapse-fox-news-dominates-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510278&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cnn\">CNN<\/a> is now down to just over 500,000 average prime time viewers, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fox-news\">Fox News<\/a> continues to dominate, new ratings figures released Wednesday show.<\/p>\n<p>The liberal network, which presents itself as \u201cfacts first,\u201d has routinely struggled with viewership. In April, the network\u2019s much-hyped streaming service CNN+ was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/yikes-shuttering-cnn-host-chris-wallace-pushes-producer-to-make-project-on-his-trump-interviews-during-show\">shuttered<\/a> mere weeks after its start, due to its failure to bring in new viewers.<\/p>\n<p>CNN is averaging\u00a0517,000 total viewers across its prime time programming, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/daily-ratings\/cable-news-ratings-wednesday-june-8-cnn-down-to-just-over-500000-average-prime-time-viewers\/\">report<\/a> from Mediaite said.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News, a right-leaning competitor, brought in nearly <em>five times<\/em> CNN\u2019s numbers, averaging 2.57 million viewers across prime time.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/msnbc\">MSNBC<\/a> crushed CNN, too, more than doubling the network with an average of 1.18 million total prime time viewers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Anderson Cooper 360,\u2019 which was guest hosted by John Berman<strong>,<\/strong> led CNN on Wednesday with 637,000 total viewers at 8 p.m.,\u201d the Mediaite report outlined, noting that \u201cTucker Carlson led the time slot with 3.14 million total viewers, while Chris Hayes landed in second place with 1.21 million total viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the overall domination of Fox News is host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/greg-gutfeld\">Greg Gutfeld<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/greg-gutfeld-levels-stephen-colbert-for-mocking-fox-news-after-christmas-tree-arson\">reported<\/a> in December, \u201cGutfeld!\u201d \u2014 a rebrand of the \u201cThe Greg Gutfeld Show\u201d \u2014 is about a year old, and still building. The success of the show has shocked elites in the media, begrudgingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/bill-maher-greg-gutfeld-king-of-late-night\">earning<\/a> Gutfeld \u201cthe king of late night\u201d title. Fox\u2019s \u201cGutfeld!\u201d routinely <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/10\/07\/fox-news-greg-gutfeld-climbs-to-no-2-in-late-night-tv-wars\/\">beats out<\/a> late night shows hosted by left-leaning Jimmy Kimmel on ABC and Jimmy Fallon on NBC, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/gutfeld-ratings-win-colbert\/\">stomped<\/a> Stephen Colbert\u2019s ratings for the first time in August.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News had already been handily outpacing its competitors in ratings. Forbes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/markjoyella\/2021\/12\/01\/fox-news-easily-wins-november-cable-news-ratings-as-all-networks-see-steep-declines\/?sh=379df5e22f14\">outlined<\/a> Fox News\u2019 ratings bloodbath for November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fox News Channel prevailed in the November cable news ratings, easily beating back the competition from CNN and MSNBC. According to ratings data compiled by Nielsen, Fox News delivered an average prime time audience of 2.578 million viewers in November, followed by MSNBC (1.091 million total viewers) and CNN (654,000 viewers),\u201d the outlet reported. \u201cIn the key demo of adults 25-54 \u2014 the demographic most valued by advertisers \u2013 Fox finished first with an average audience of 420,000 viewers. CNN was second (148,000 viewers) and MSNBC (140,000 viewers).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And a notable loser from the Fox News domination is newsman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/yikes-shuttering-cnn-host-chris-wallace-pushes-producer-to-make-project-on-his-trump-interviews-during-show\">Chris Wallace<\/a>, who jumped ship to join CNN+ just weeks before Warner Bros. Discovery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/warner-bros-discovery-is-shutting-down-cnn-after-new-streaming-service-struggled-to-attract-viewers-report\">announced<\/a>\u00a0that the subscription streaming service would be scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown left Wallace\u00a0a \u201cvictim,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ive-been-a-victim-chris-wallace-says-hes-in-good-shape-despite-cnn-implosion\">claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an interesting thing and I\u2019ve been a victim of all of this in the last week,\u201d Wallace said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea was you\u2019ve got to get a foothold in the streaming world because that\u2019s where the future of news off the mainstream networks is going to be,\u201d the 74-year-old continued. \u201cNow you have some equally smart people that have come in with a diametrically opposed view, these are the new bosses at CNN+ because of [the Warner Bros. Discovery merger] who have come to the conclusion that to have a narrow niche product like a news streaming service doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have absolutely no idea which is right and wrong, but the Discovery people are in charge and so they made the decision,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/warner-bros-discovery-is-shutting-down-cnn-after-new-streaming-service-struggled-to-attract-viewers-report\">Warner Bros. Discovery Is Shutting Down CNN+ After New Streaming Service Struggled To Attract Viewers<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN is now down to just over 500,000 average prime time viewers, while Fox News continues to dominate, new ratings figures released Wednesday show. The liberal network, which presents itself as \u201cfacts first,\u201d has routinely struggled with viewership. 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