CNN Sinks To 21-Year Primetime Ratings Low In Second Quarter
Coming off its least-watched month in primetime in 20 years in May, CNN has taken another big ratings blow: The cable news network has registered to its lowest-rated quarter in primetime since 1991. For this year’s second quarter, CNN hit a low among total viewers and the key adults 25-54 demographic, with all primetime programs posting steep declines. The network averaged 446,000 total viewers and 129,000 in the 25-54 demo in primetime. Compared to last year’s second quarter, that’s down 35% and 41%, respectively.
Rival Fox News Channel, meanwhile, with 1.79 million primetime total viewers on average, was down 1% from its 2011 second-quarter numbers.
TONY DIGIROLAMO- ARE THEY EVER GOING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OVER THERE. I WORK IN TELEVISION AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS IF N O B O D Y IS WATCHING THE SHOW IT CLOSES. BUT NOT AT CNN.
Early in my career I was there working at the launch of that pioneering news network. They were up big then and for a while but, boy you need to know when you've got to move on. And it is time for Wolf, Anderson, and Piers to go.
