Chris Cuomo’s return to primetime cable information was a rankings flop that landed him in final place towards the competitors.
The former CNN star’s premiere of his new present “Cuomo” on NewsNation pulled in simply 147,000 complete viewers on Monday night time, in keeping with figures launched by Nielsen Media Analysis.
Cuomo — who as reported by The Publish is being paid simply $1 million a yr by the fledgling community, a fraction of his compensation at CNN — fared poorly within the 25-to-54-year-old age demographic most coveted by advertisers, drawing simply 8,000 viewers.
CNBC, Fox Enterprise, HLN and Newsmax all beat Cuomo within the 25-54 demographic, in keeping with Nielsen.
Cuomo’s viewership within the 25-54 demographic was smaller than the 7 p.m. hour that preceded his present on NewsNation.
Including insult to damage for Cuomo was the truth that reruns of syndicated reveals reminiscent of “Blue Bloods” on NewsNation in addition to “Paw Patrol,” “SpongeBob,” “Seinfeld,” “Cocomelon,” “The Workplace” and “Bobs Burgers” all drew extra complete viewers and within the 25-54 demographic.
Fox Information’ Tucker Carlson maintained his dominance in cable information, drawing almost 2.9 million viewers — greater than 20 occasions the viewers generated by Cuomo — on Monday in addition to 445,000 within the 25-54 demo.
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Chris Hayes, the host of “All In” on MSNBC, was a distant second. His viewership on Monday reached simply north of 1.4 million — together with 130,000 within the 25-54 demographic.
Cuomo’s former community colleague, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, lagged behind in third place, pulling in 814,000 complete viewers and 184,000 within the 25-54 demo, in keeping with Nielsen.
Eric Bolling, the previous Fox Information anchor who now hosts “The Stability” on cable information upstart Newsmax, topped Cuomo, drawing 151,000 complete viewers. Of these, 16,000 viewers have been from the coveted 25-54 demographic.
The Publish has reached out to NewsNation’s dad or mum firm Nexstar Media Group searching for remark.
Fox Information is a subsidiary of Fox Company, which is the sister firm of The Publish’s company dad or mum, Information Corp.
Cuomo’s return to primetime cable tv got here after an almost year-long hiatus prompted by his firing by CNN.
The onetime host of “Cuomo Prime Time” was ousted by then-boss Jeff Zucker after it was realized that he helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, fight sexual harassment allegations.
The 52-year-old NewsNation anchor informed his viewers on Monday that he “realized classes” from his CNN exit.
Cuomo has pledged to be impartial and fewer partisan in his commentary.
“We're manipulated by manufactured division that solely works to advance the pursuits of the perimeter and the pretend. It's only on-line and the way that may be echoed on TV that distorts the fact,” Cuomo mentioned on Monday night time.
“The bulk shouldn't be about left or proper, you’re about affordable. That’s why I’m going to rely not on studying tweets to measure your suggestions, I wish to go old skool right here,” he mentioned whereas studying a telephone quantity that viewers may name to work together with the anchor.
“It will likely be a time for us to debate our society as adults within the room, not some raging radicals or anyone with keyboard muscle tissue,” Cuomo mentioned.
Extra reporting by Allie Griffin
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