TV Ratings

Media September 21

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow misses once-a-week show, replacement hits seven-year viewership low in key demo

MSNBC had its smallest audience on a Monday at 9 p.m. ET since 2015 this week when Rachel Maddow went on vacation and missed her once-a-week program.

Media September 21

Ratings-challenged Don Lemon ‘not the answer,’ to CNN’s morning show issues, critics say

Don Lemon was pulled from CNN primetime and will move to a morning program later this year, but critics don’t expect him to fix the network’s ratings woes.

Media September 20

Rachel Maddow’s reduced workload keeps hurting MSNBC as 'glorified understudy' Alex Wagner struggles in demo

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow shocked viewers by scaling back her work to only Mondays, and replacement Alex Wagner is struggling to make up the ratings losses.

Media September 16

CNN's Don Lemon denies he's being demoted after losing primetime gig for ensemble morning show

Don Lemon is insisting CNN didn’t demote him by pulling the plug on his primetime program “Don Lemon Tonight” and moving him to an ensemble morning show.

Media September 16

CNN, Politico indicate that ‘go woke, go broke’ applies to news organizations

CNN and Politico both have new owners that wants to distance the organizations from partisan coverage as the expression “go woke, go broke” hits the media industry.

Media September 15

CNN shake-up: Don Lemon moved from primetime to mornings, struggling 'New Day' to be replaced

CNN's Don Lemon will end his primetime gig and join Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins on a revamped morning show replacing the long-struggling "New Day."

Media September 7

Fox News Channel crushes CNN, MSNBC viewership for 81st straight week

Fox News Channel crushed the competition last week, finishing with a larger total audience than CNN and MSNBC for the 81st straight week from Aug. 29 through Sept. 4.

Media September 2

Liberal CNN correspondent John Harwood announces he's leaving network

CNN White House correspondent John Harwood is leaving the network, marking the latest liberal figure there to head for the exits under new CEO Chris Licht.

Media August 30

‘Gutfeld!’ makes history, unseats Stephen Colbert as new king of late-night television

"Gutfeld!" finished August as the first late-night cable program to finish an entire month as TV's most-watched late-night show, outpacing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

Media August 30

Fox News Channel crushes CNN, MSNBC combined in August as ‘Gutfeld!’ unseats Colbert

Fox News Channel finished August 2022 as the most-watched cable network among both total day and primetime viewers as "Gutfeld!" made late-night history.