Ex-Biden aide Symone Sanders’ MSNBC debut is a ratings flop

Symone Sanders’ recognition is about as dangerous because the approval score of her former boss.

The ex-Biden administration official who was most lately a high spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris tanked in her debut this previous weekend on MSNBC, based on newly launched Nielsen rankings.

Sanders drew simply 361,000 whole viewers for her 4 p.m. present, titled “Symone,” on Saturday. She additionally managed to draw simply 29,000 viewers within the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic.

This system’s viewership fell nicely in need of Fox Information Channel’s “Fox Information Reside,” which drew 842,000 whole viewers, together with 163,000 within the 25-54 demographic.

Sanders’ debut program featured an interview with First Woman Jill Biden.

The 32-year-old Sanders stated final week that she wouldn't be utilizing the present as a platform to unfold pro-Biden propaganda.

“I’m not right here to be a spokesperson for the Biden administration,” Sanders instructed The Hill’s “Within the Know.”

“I had that job already,” she stated. 

Sanders, who was a high spokesperson for Biden’s presidential marketing campaign, insists her present received’t be a platform for pro-Biden propaganda.

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“I’m going to be sincere, and typically the honesty signifies that what I've to say isn't what the administration must say. And that’s effective as a result of it’s my present.” 

Sanders’ program, which airs Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m., is billed as one which covers a wide range of subjects from Congress to popular culture and tales “past the Beltway.” 

“We’re going to do immediately’s headlines, however we’re going to go deeper. We’re going to get to the weeds,” she stated.

Symone Sanders’ debut on MSNBC this previous weekend generated poor rankings, based on figures launched by Nielsen.

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The upcoming present was first introduced in January, solely weeks after Sanders departed from the vp’s workplace. 

Harris has seen a mass exodus of staffers lower than two years into the administration’s first time period, which has seen Joe Biden’s approval score dip to a file low of 38 p.c this 12 months.

The Comcast-owned cable information channel maintains sturdy hyperlinks to present and soon-to-be-former Biden administration officers.

Sanders was most lately a spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Jen Psaki introduced earlier this 12 months that she is going to depart her function as White Home press secretary and host a present on MSNBC.

Her substitute, Karine Jean-Pierre, was a paid on-air political analyst for NBC Information and MSNBC earlier than she joined the White Home.