Chris Cuomo is struggling to duplicate the identical success he discovered on CNN along with his NewsNation collection, Cuomo.
The rankings for Cuomo are reportedly down 90% total and 95% within the 25-54 age demographic in comparison with his time on CNN, based on new Nielsen Scores numbers shared by the New York Publish on Friday, August 29.
The journalist’s self-titled collection reportedly averages at round 164,000 whole viewers and 15,000 within the aforementioned demographic. As compared, his former CNN collection, Cuomo Prime Time, averaged round 1.4 million viewers and 374,000 in the important thing demographic all through its 2017-2021 run.
Per the outlet, Cuomo even drew in additional viewers throughout his closing quarter on CNN than along with his NewsNation present, averaging 797,000 total viewers and 165,000 in the principle demographic. Throughout the top of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuomo’s CNN present reportedly drew in 2.4 million whole viewers repeatedly.
Cuomo’s rankings wrestle on NewsNation may very well be because of the present competing within the 8 p.m. ET weeknight time slot. Fox Information’ Jesse Watters Primetime averages at 3.1 million viewers, per the report, whereas MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes and CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360° common 874,000 and 539,000 viewers, respectively. Newsmax’s Finnerty additionally beats out Cuomo with 319,000 whole viewers.
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Chris was fired from CNN in December 2021 following claims that he aided his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in battling sexual assault allegations. “This isn’t how I would like my time at CNN to finish however I’ve already informed you why and the way I helped my brother,” he wrote through X on the time. “So let me now say as disappointing as that is, I couldn’t be extra pleased with the crew at Cuomo Prime Time and the work we did as CNN’s #1 present in essentially the most aggressive time slot.”
He concluded, “I owe all of them and can miss that group of particular individuals who did actually necessary work.”
Information broke in June 2022 that Cuomo can be becoming a member of NewsNation’s primetime lineup that fall, and Cuomo premiered on the community that October.
“I make plenty of errors. Generally for good causes, typically for unhealthy causes. I’m very flawed,” Cuomo stated of his previous controversies and NewsNation position on a February 2023 episode of Anthony Scaramucci‘s Open E-book podcast. “There’s harm. There’s harm that’s relatable to individuals. There’s harm that’s unrelatable to those who I’ve to cope with. That I attempt to cope with. That I do the work on. I nonetheless fail.”
He added, “I’ve realized to just accept it. I needed to settle for as a result of I used to be gonna kill all people, together with myself. Issues can eat you… I actually needed to struggle towards that as a result of… I obtained too many individuals relying on me.”
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