{"id":2019187,"date":"2023-09-01T10:35:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-five-thriving-without-geraldo-rivera-show-crushes-all-of-cable-news-in-ratings\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:37:00","slug":"the-five-thriving-without-geraldo-rivera-show-crushes-all-of-cable-news-in-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-five-thriving-without-geraldo-rivera-show-crushes-all-of-cable-news-in-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Five&#8217; Dominates Cable News Ratings sans Geraldo Rivera"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fthe-five-thriving-without-geraldo-rivera-show-crushes-all-of-cable-news-in-ratings%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=2019187&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--><h2>Fox News&#8217; &#8220;The Five&#8221; Thrives Without Geraldo \u2063Rivera, Dominates Cable News Ratings<\/h2>\n<p>Fox News received some good\u2062 news this week after it parted\u2062 ways with one \u200dof its longtime presenters.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the network fired \u200dGeraldo Rivera, one \u2062of its most liberal commentators, from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-blames-tucker-carlson-for-buffalo-massacre-they-didnt-blame-maddow-in-scalise-shooting\/\" title=\"Leftists Blames Tucker Carlson For Buffalo Massacre. They Didn\u2019t Blame Maddow In Scalise Shooting.\">highly rated show<\/a> &#8220;The Five&#8221; after\u200b tensions grew \u200bbetween Riveria and co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greg-gutfeld-reportedly-reason-geraldo-rivera-leaving-five-knockdown-drag-fights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Gutfeld<\/a>. Rivera then quit the\u200c network\u2062 in response.<\/p>\n<p>Riveria has\u200c since spoken out about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/geraldo-rivera-goes-view-reveals-toxic-relationship-former-co-host\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;very toxic&#8221; \u2062relationship<\/a> \u2063that he had with an unnamed &#8220;co-host&#8221; on the show, seemingly trying to paint his former employers and colleagues in a\u2063 bad light.<\/p>\n<p>But despite all the backstage controversy surrounding Riveria&#8217;s \u200dexit, &#8220;The\u2064 Five&#8221; seems to be doing\u200d just fine without\u2062 him. The latest numbers indicate that the show is still at the\u200d top of the pecking order.<\/p>\n<h3>Impressive Ratings for\u2062 &#8220;The Five&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/tuesday-august-29-scoreboard-the-five-is-no-1-on-cable-news-in-both-total-viewers-and-adults-25-54\/537217\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TV Newser<\/a> released the latest \u200bviewership numbers for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-five-thriving-without-geraldo-rivera-show-crushes-all-of-cable-news-in-ratings\/\" title=\"'The Five' Dominates Cable News Ratings sans Geraldo Rivera\">top cable\u200d news channels<\/a>: Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Five&#8221; easily came out on top as the number-one show on \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">cable news<\/a>, with <strong>2,728,000\u200d total \u2062viewers<\/strong>, followed by &#8220;Watters&#8221; with \u2063 <strong>2,490,000 viewers<\/strong> and &#8220;Hannity&#8221; with <strong>2,238,000 viewers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>No \u200dshow on CNN or MSNBC came even close \u2062to those numbers.<\/p>\n<p>It seems\u2063 as\u2062 if \u2062Rivera&#8217;s nasty exit from the show has\u2064 had no effect\u2063 on viewership numbers. \u200cThe show seems to be doing better \u2064than ever, and many people may enjoy\u2064 the show more without Riveria&#8217;s presence.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2064a liberal, Rivera never quite fit \u2063into the network ideologically, which would have been fine, except\u2062 for the\u2062 fact that\u200c he\u2064 constantly found himself getting into nasty\u2064 shouting matches with guests and other \u200bpresenters.<\/p>\n<p>Even Rivera himself has said that Fox\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/geraldo-rivera-makes-stunning-admission-fox-news-new-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made the right decision<\/a> \u2063 in getting rid \u2064of him.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not as if there is no room on Fox News for a dissenting viewpoint, but \u200dRiveria could not keep his \u200ccool\u200b when conversing with people who\u2064 disagreed\u200d with him.<\/p>\n<p>Now, \u200cwith Rivera gone, it seems as if &#8220;The Five&#8221; has \u200cbeen able\u200d to \u200dmove on and bring in even more viewers.<\/p>\n<p>These latest numbers\u200c will be welcome news to Fox&#8217;s executives,\u200d who have been struggling to bring viewers back to the network after they abruptly fired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-takes-shot-fellow-ex-fox-news-anchor-b-little-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> back in April.<\/p>\n<p>At\u2063 the time, &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight&#8221;\u200b was the network&#8217;s \u2062most popular show and\u2062 the most-watched program on cable news. Getting rid of Carlson was a massive misstep for Fox that tarnished its reputation with its conservative base.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2062 does not seem as\u2064 if all hope\u200b is lost \u2064for Fox News. They are \u2064still outdoing CNN and MSNBC in viewership \u2064numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Rivera&#8217;s \u2064departure\u2063 will be \u2063the thing that \u2064saves \u2063the\u2063 network from complete collapse.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c post\u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/five-thriving-without-geraldo-rivera-show-crushes-cable-news-ratings\/\">&#8220;The Five&#8221; \u200cThriving Without Geraldo Rivera &#8211; Show Crushes All of \u200dCable News in Ratings<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News got a boost when it let go of Geraldo Rivera, a long-standing presenter. In July, the network fired Rivera, known for his liberal views, from their popular show &#8220;The Five&#8221; due to conflicts with co-host Greg Gutfeld. 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