{"id":551300,"date":"2021-06-03T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T20:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=551300"},"modified":"2021-06-03T16:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T20:36:20","slug":"ratings-crash-cnn-falls-out-of-cables-top-5-networks-in-prime-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ratings-crash-cnn-falls-out-of-cables-top-5-networks-in-prime-time\/","title":{"rendered":"RATINGS CRASH: CNN Falls Out Of Cable\u2019s Top 5 Networks In Prime Time"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fratings-crash-cnn-falls-out-of-cables-top-5-networks-in-prime-time%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=551300&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4A3CD9E6-5B50-4A18-80E5-0CAC1178FB74-1200x800-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The ratings are in, and they\u2019re bad news for CNN: The legacy media network lost nearly one out of every four of its total viewers since last month.<\/p>\n<p>Total daytime viewership fell by 22% in May compared to April, and even more (28%) among viewers aged 25-54, the most coveted viewing demographic.<\/p>\n<p>The number of people tuning in for prime time also fell in May, causing CNN to crash out of the top 5 cable networks in prime time for the first time in months.<\/p>\n<p>All three major cable news networks saw their audiences shrink over the last month, perhaps in part because casual viewers who tuned in to watch coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial in April tuned out in May.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News again dominated cable news, and cable in general, coming in as the number one network in basic cable.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Channel won an average of 1.19 million viewers over the full day and 2.17 million in prime time. Its 3% dip in both categories represents the smallest decline of the cable news networks, according to Nielsen ratings data.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News continued its near-lock on prime time programming, as four of the five top-rated TV shows in cable news aired on FNC: \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight\u201d (1), \u201cHannity\u201d (2), \u201cThe Five\u201d (3), and \u201cThe Ingraham Angle\u201d (5).<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC\u2019s \u201cThe Rachel Maddow Show\u201d once again made an appearance in the top five, checking in at number four.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC ranked second in total day (835,000) and prime time viewers (just under 1.5 million), but since April, has lost 12% of its total viewers, 6% during prime time, and 22% of prime time viewers aged 25-54.<\/p>\n<p>CNN lagged further behind, failing to crack one million viewers in prime time or total viewership in the month of May. Only 913,000 people watched the first 24-hour cable news network\u2019s prime time programming in May, and 610,000 overall.<\/p>\n<p>The only good news for CNN came in the composition of its viewing audience: It ranked second among the coveted 25-54 demographic, beating MSNBC with younger viewers for the eighteenth month in a row.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN continues to have the\u00a0youngest audience\u00a0in cable news in Total Day and prime time and reached the\u00a0largest cumulative TV audience\u00a0among both total viewers and adults 25-54 in May,\u201d the network said in a press release, putting the best possible construction on disheartening ratings.<\/p>\n<p>While CNN is still the fourth most-watched cable network overall \u2014 behind Fox News, MSNBC, and HGTV \u2014 its unique blend of commentary-posing-as-unbiased-journalism caused the network to crash to earth. Only the most Woke segment of society, the young, appear to be getting their news from the Atlanta-based network.<\/p>\n<p>A major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-cnn-employee-says-outlet-has-no-real-ethical-code\">ethical scandal<\/a> involving Chris Cuomo undoubtedly hurt the network\u2019s audience and credibility, as the host of CNN\u2019s most-watched show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chris-cuomo-advised-andrew-cuomo-on-sexual-harassment-allegations-cnn-wont-punish-him\">admitted<\/a> that he had secretly advised his brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), about how to respond to numerous allegations of sexual harassment. The move caused dissension among many of his colleagues at the network, although CNN President Jeffrey Zucker opted not to punish the anchor after Cuomo made an on-air apology.<\/p>\n<p>The precipitous ratings decline may explain the network\u2019s increasingly bitter criticism of competing news networks, particularly those whose politics skew more conservative. One of its few remaining Republican commentators called on Fox News to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-to-paul-ryan-start-deplatforming-fox-news-hosts\">start deplatforming<\/a>\u201d some of the \u201cnuts\u201d in prime time \u2014 who, coincidentally, have been beating CNN in the ratings ever since January (and for 19 years before that). CNN branded Newsmax and One America News Network as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-newsmax-one-america-news-are-noxious-garbage\">noxious garbage<\/a>\u201d last month, as well.<\/p>\n<p>The network also continued its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rick-santorums-firing-proves-cnn-doesnt-want-to-hear-anyone-who-sounds-like-you\">purge of conservative voices<\/a>\u00a0in May, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-fires-rick-santorum-after-he-claimed-founding-fathers-birthed-a-nation-from-nothing\">firing<\/a> former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) over statements he made to a private conservative group about American exceptionalism.<\/p>\n<p>CNN is making a fundamental miscalculation: The network hit ratings gold in January with saturation coverage of the D.C. riots. The Derek Chauvin trial breathed some life into its April viewership. CNN brass appears to believe that it\u2019s the network\u2019s chic, critical race theory-driven bias that attracted viewers, not one-off news events, so it is doubling down by further institutionalizing its leftward drift.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release announcing the May ratings, CNN blames its slide on \u201ca news cycle that has cooled down significantly from a year ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But is there less news, or is CNN simply dedicated to ignoring every story that would make Joe Biden and Kamala Harris seem as ineffectual, fail, and out-of-touch as they are?<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ratings are in, and they\u2019re bad news for CNN: The legacy media network lost nearly one out of every four of its total viewers since last month.Total daytime viewership &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279121,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4A3CD9E6-5B50-4A18-80E5-0CAC1178FB74-1200x800-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"RATINGS CRASH: CNN Falls Out Of Cable\u2019s Top 5 Networks In Prime Time","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4A3CD9E6-5B50-4A18-80E5-0CAC1178FB74-1200x800-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"RATINGS CRASH: CNN Falls Out Of Cable\u2019s Top 5 Networks In Prime Time","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}