CNN finishes behind Newsmax

[grantcart]

Everything Trump touches dies

CNN tag you are it

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-loses-to-newsmax-in-primetime-ratings-two-days-after-trump-town-hall?ref=home

CNN Loses to Newsmax in Primetime Ratings Two Days After Trump Town Hall
Two days after the network pulled in more than 3.3 million viewers for its widely criticized town hall with former President Donald Trump, CNN found itself in fourth place among cable news networks in primetime. Worse yet, it finished behind MAGA channel Newsmax, which until recently was barely nabbing a nightly audience of 100,000. According to Nielsen, CNN averaged just 335,000 total viewers and 87,000 in the key 25-54 advertising demographic during Friday night’s 8-11 p.m. time slot.

[Sky Jewels]

1. Oh, how sweet it is!

Fuck you, CNN, and fuck the asses you rode in on -- Chris Licht and John Malone.

[grantcart]

3. Licht days are numbered.

[Sky Jewels]

4. I sure hope so.

[Cha]

6. But who's gonna fire him.. who's

ahead of Licht that didn't like this decision?

TY

[grantcart]

7. The shareholders

[Cha]

9. lol.. ah the ol Shareholders..

I forgot about them.. Thank You!

[regnaD kciN]

21. Not likely...

…since the new owner is full-blown MAGA. Maybe Licht will become the sacrificial lamb, but he’ll only be replaced by someone even Trumpier.

[grantcart]

37. What are you talking about?

Warner Discovery bought CNN last year.

WD CEO David Laslov is a significant contributor to Democratic candidates.

In any case the owners are stockholders and anyone who drives viewership of CNN to 4th place with significant loss of revenue will not last long long.

[ZonkerHarris]

34. He's doing what he was hired to do

Destroy CNN and Impartial News on US TV

[TheBlackAdder]

28. Firesharter

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[NotVeryImportant]

31. ROTFLMAO!!!!

This is hella funny!

[TheBlackAdder]

36. LMFAO

.

.

[Sky Jewels]

53. Hah! Hilarious!

[Celerity]

56. +100

[Celerity]

51. Never forget the 3rd of the 3 Stooges, David Zaslav, Malone's long time ally in RW shitbaggery.

[Sky Jewels]

55. Right!

Thanks.

[RockRaven]

2. In a world absolutely awash in content, more than anyone could possibly consume if they tried,

it's a pretty big mistake to induce loyal viewers/listeners to break their habits -- because they might realize they don't miss you once they have left.

[yonder]

22. +1.

[Cha]

5. Brah! Schadenfreude to the Maxx!

What say you, Cooper, Licht, Collins?

[TheBlackAdder]

29. Chris Licht sings "Sittin On Tha Toilet"

.

Sittin On Tha Toilet (15 times)

Now Flush!

.

[Maraya1969]

54. Oh that's funny! I can't believe she actually flushed!

[Raine]

8. Trump's appearance seems to be all that can help CNN ratings. 🤔 nt

[samnsara]

10. i used to watch cnn whenever the other channels were repetitive and i liked them but after the..

.. political porn stunt ( which i didnt even watch) i can NOT bring myself to watch it . I just dont know when they are going to assault me with pro trump rhetoric.

[Hassler]

11. Chris Licht is a fool and a tool.

[bullimiami]

12. HAHAHAHAHA

[TheBlackAdder]

24. THIS 👍 AH-HAHAHA!

[rurallib]

13. CNN Strategy: Schedule another Trump Townhall!

Double down! It is what Republicans do! Go with a winner!

for the humor impaired

[NCjack]

23. +1

[Earth-shine]

14. I go to CNN when I want news and MSNBC is airing Dateline.

CNN is also still good in the middle of the night. They haven't yet ruined their more international programming.

[Goodheart]

15. This warms my heart. Well done, boycotters!

[yaesu]

16. What a loser network. nt

[dchill]

17. Sounds like a minor silo to me.

[sellitman]

18. Trump was on CNN?

[SledDriver]

20. Everything Trump touches dies

[calimary]

47. Proven true once again.

Gee whiz, Chris Licht, why don’t you hire him as an anchor? (I bet you’ve actually toyed with the idea of bringing him on multiple times a day as a “senior commentator” or some such thing.)

[sarcasmo]

25. Fox viewers are with Newsmax now, sorry CNN

[NBachers]

26. * GLOAT * GLOAT * GLOAT *

[Takket]

27. don't expect sane people to come to you for the news if you aren't a news network

I say "sane" because we all know fox/oan/newsmax are not news networks, but the MAGAts flock to them

[SouthernDem4ever]

30. Now Licht will have to go full fascism to complete his CNN transformation

Maybe he can get a few viewers from newsmax once in a while.

[DemocraticPatriot]

32. OMG! PATHETIC, much?

[WarGamer]

35. NOT the most shocking part of the story...

NewsMax gets 357k viewers a night?????

wtf lol???

[MayReasonRule]

38. Fascists Foist Fodder For Feeding Fat Fundies - Diapers Not Included

That sums up NewsMax.

[mahina]

39. Pod Save America has better numbers daily and it is a podcast

[jcgoldie]

40. CNN can reap what they've sown but...

...that fact that this many people are watching newsmax is disturbing.

[UpInArms]

41. They deserve no audience

The ass kissing they aired last week put a nail in their coffin …

I hope they die a quick death

[Wonder Why]

42. In the race between CNN and Newsmax, CNN actually did better:

CNN came in second.

Newsmax came in next to last.

[Kennah]

43. Makes sense. They are sniffing Newsmax taint.

[maxsolomon]

44. Friday night's 8-11 pm time slot?

Who the F watches Cable News on Friday night?

[Aristus]

45. That's what you get for trying to BE Newsmax.

Time to think about going legit, CNN. You know, be a news organization again.

[calimary]

46. Get rid of Chris Licht.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

48. They need to go back to their roots. Used to love

Their international coverage which seems they have pared down a lot. And really liked the mellow Larry King interviews.

Go back to just reading the news. Let Fox and MSNBC handle politics.

[HardPort]

49. Hear, hear! From this erstwhile casual viewer who has now cut them off completely. (n/t)

[DinahMoeHum]

50. Tee hee! Must suck to be Chris Licht these days.

Then again, he probably likes the taste of jackboots.

[Oneironaut]

52. Oh dang.

Guess they have to turn into Fascists now.

[progressoid]

57. How is this a good thing?

[Yorkie Mom]

59. I'm wondering the same thing.

[Catherine Vincent]

58. Ha!

Does Licht care? Probably not.

[LiberalLovinLug]

60. Its funny and sad at the same time

Because this will be used as "proof" by right wing media that the "far left fake news CNN" is in trouble because no one trusts them anymore. ironic how this will be used as a weapon against them by the MAGAts...even while CNN was only trying to appease the far right in giving their star free access to spew his lies with a cult crowd cheering him on.

A once proud news network that sometimes got it wrong, but generally speaking, was honest and held high journalist standards of sources etc. I think their international version is even better.
Sad to watch them self destruct like this

[grantcart]

61. Agree equal parts funny and sad.