CNN’s audience shriveled in the 2nd quarter of 2019, averaging only 541,000 total viewers while being more than doubled by Fox News Channel’s 1.3 million average in the process. But CNN struggled even more during the primetime hours of 8-11 p.m. ET, finishing as the fifteenth most-watched network on basic cable behind networks such as TLC, Investigation Discovery and the Hallmark Channel. CNN averaged a dismal 761,000 primetime viewers while FNC averaged 2.4 mil.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cnn-ratings-don-lemon
CNN’s prime-time ratings are cratering.
The cable news titan founded by Ted Turner in 1980 dropped to 15th place in the coveted 8 p.m.-to-11 p.m. time slot last quarter after losing 20% of its viewers, according to TV ratings tracker Nielsen.
That’s five slots below where it was this time last year, Nielsen said.
Although TV ratings have slowly eroded overall as more consumers cut their cable subscriptions for streaming services, CNN took a steeper prime-time dive in the second quarter than most of its rivals.
https://nypost.com/2019/07/04/cnn-continues-to-struggle-in-key-prime-time-slot/
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cnn-ratings-don-lemon
CNN’s prime-time ratings are cratering.
The cable news titan founded by Ted Turner in 1980 dropped to 15th place in the coveted 8 p.m.-to-11 p.m. time slot last quarter after losing 20% of its viewers, according to TV ratings tracker Nielsen.
That’s five slots below where it was this time last year, Nielsen said.
Although TV ratings have slowly eroded overall as more consumers cut their cable subscriptions for streaming services, CNN took a steeper prime-time dive in the second quarter than most of its rivals.
https://nypost.com/2019/07/04/cnn-continues-to-struggle-in-key-prime-time-slot/
