{"id":2382104,"date":"2024-12-19T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finishes-year-with-smallest-audience-in-networks-history-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T18:30:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T23:30:04","slug":"cnn-finishes-year-with-smallest-audience-in-networks-history-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finishes-year-with-smallest-audience-in-networks-history-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN finishes year with smallest audience in network\u2019s history &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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-finishes-year-with-smallest-audience-in-networks-history-washington-examiner%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=2382104&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-housing-program-stops-amid-homeless-training-how-to-squat\/\" title=\"Florida housing initiative halts due to training homeless on squatting practices\">provided text\u2064 appears<\/a> to be a fragment of HTML code that includes functionalities for displaying additional content on a web page. 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Across all viewers, the network netted 488,000 viewers, trailing rival network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fox News<\/a>, which got 1.46 million viewers, according to data from Nielsen Media Research.<\/p>\n<p>The released data comes after it was revealed last month that CNN&rsquo;s coverage of election night garnered 5.1 million viewers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/cnn-election-night-tv-ratings-blow-1982832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a 44% decrease from the 2020 election<\/a>. In comparison, Fox News netted 13.6 million viewers in its election night coverage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, fellow news network MSNBC fell behind CNN in viewers between the ages of 25 and 54, drawing 86,000 viewers. However, the network managed to get 806,000 viewers among all demographics.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, it was reported that MSNBC requested both network anchors Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle take a pay cut in order to retain their seats as anchor hosts. It comes after fellow anchor Rachel Maddow was slashed by $5 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/theankler.com\/p\/tv-news-terror-abc-msnbc-cnn-pay-cuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to a report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NewsNation, which has yet to attain the name recognition of networks like CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC, gained traction in 2024 by gaining an extra 25% in primetime cable viewership. Additionally, it also gained 45% in viewership between the ages of 25 and 54.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As news networks close the book on 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3263456\/fox-news-ratings-best-cable-news-viewership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fox News ended the year in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-dominates-ratings-with-near-decade-best-cable-news-viewership-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Fox News dominates ratings with near decade-best cable news viewership - Washington Examiner\">top viewership spot<\/a><\/a> among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cable-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cable networks<\/a> in the fourth quarter of the year, putting it at the top of cable networks for the ninth year straight.<\/p>\n<p>Leading all late-night talk shows, <em>Gutfeld! <\/em>averaged 2.1 million viewers overall. 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