April saw Fox News top the ratings charts in all of cable in both total day and prime time among total viewers, and while all three cable news networks were down compared to April 2020 – when overall viewership was up due to pandemic coverage – MSNBC saw the smallest decrease in audience size according to data from Nielsen.
MSNBC was second in all of cable for the month. CNN was third in total day in all of basic cable, and third among cable news networks, but dropped below HGTV and TBS to land in fifth place in basic cable among total day viewers.
In total day, Fox averaged the most total viewers, with 1.22 million, a drop of 45% from April 2020. MSNBC averaged 953,000 total viewers in total day, a drop of 25% from last year – the smallest drop of all the cable news networks in this segment. CNN was third, with 786,000, a drop of 42% from the year before.
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hate always has an audience. Say what you need to get the ratings.
Talking about msnbc? CNN? Washington Compost? DNC?
Hopefully, the longer they keep the likes of Chris Wallace, Juan Williams, Donna Brazile, Neil Cavuto, their ratings will drop further to the likes of Newsmax and OANN. Very few good ones left on Fox. When they fired Lou Dobbs, big, big mistake
For once I agree with you, this time. However, have my reservations about Lou Dobbs.