The ratings are out for the Mueller hearings and overall viewership was down compared to the hearings of Kavanaugh, Comey, and Michael Cohen.
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – News coverage of special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress Wednesday drew a sizable audience — but not as big as some other recent televised hearings.
The 13 million viewers falls short of some other recent televised hearings: Former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, for instance, drew about 16 million viewers when he testified before Congress in February. Ex-FBI Director James Comey’s 2017 appearance before Congress attracted 19.5 million and Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing averaged 20 million viewers.
It’s almost as if people just don’t believe the media and Democrats anymore, who love to hype stuff that flops.
But in terms of winners and losers, Fox News was at the top in total viewers and CNN was dead last:
Fox News led the field for Wednesday’s coverage with an average of just over 3 million viewers for the hearings. MSNBC averaged 2.41 million; followed by ABC, 2.12 million; NBC, 1.99 million; CBS, 1.91 million; and CNN, 1.52 million.
CBS is currently blacked out in about 10 million homes because of a carriage dispute with AT&T that affects DirecTV and U-verse customers. (The network led broadcast coverage for the Cohen hearing with a little over 3 million viewers.)
You get that? CBS is blacked out in 10 million homes and still beat CNN! How lame is that?!
As far as the coveted demographic goes, NBC took the crown with both CNN and MSNBC coming in last.
NBC had the most viewers in the key news demographic of adults 25-54, with 536,000 viewers. ABC had 489,000; Fox News 441,000; CBS 406,000; CNN 365,000; and MSNBC 347,000.
CNN should really take a cue from all of this and stop with the anti-Trump garbage.