This past Sunday, CNN’s “Reliable Sources” suffered its second-lowest rated demo ever with only 59K. According to Nielsen, 12/29/13 was the lowest (54K), which was also hosted by CNN’s Brian Stelter, after taking over the program the previous month. “Reliable Sources” became a one hour program on 2/7/10.
In the same time slot, FNC’s “MediaBuzz” delivered 203,000 in the key demo on Sunday, which more than triples “Reliable Sources.” According to Nielsen, on 5/25/14, “MediaBuzz” beat CNN and MSNBC combined by 80%.
This after CNN fell to third place in total day viewers and primetime A25-54 demo viewers and falling to fourth place in the daytime demo. See the full numbers after the jump.
Sunday, May 25th at 11AM/ET
FNC’s “MediaBuzz:” 757,000 in P2+ (203,000 in 25-54)
CNN’s “Reliable Sources:” 292,000 in P2+ (59,000 in 25-54)
MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry:” 253,000 in P2+ (54,000 in 25-54)
P 2+ | P 25-54 | ||||||
Network | Period | Date | Program | Time | Days | (000s) | (000s) |
FOXN | recent | 5/25/2014 | MEDIA BUZZ | 11:00A -12:00P | ______S | 757 | 203 |
CNN | recent | 5/25/2014 | RELIABLE SOURCES | 11:00A -12:00P | ______S | 292 | 59 |
MSNB | recent | 5/25/2014 | MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY | 11:00A -12:00P | ______S | 253 | 54 |