According to recently released ratings, CNN is down 41% since last year.
CNN ranked No. 6 across basic cable in total prime time viewers, and No. 5 in total day this past week. Despite the top 10 finishes, the network was -36 percent in prime time viewers, and -41 percent in total day viewers vs. the same week last year. During the same same week in 2017, cable news provided wall-to-wall coverage of Hurricane Irma. Significant breaking news stories tend to give CNN a bigger ratings boost than what Fox News or MSNBC traditionally get. The audience drop off for CNN isn’t totally shocking, relative to that of its rivals isn’t totally shocking.
Here are all Cable shows ranked by all-day viewers
- Fox News (1,426,000)
- MSNBC (1,145,000)
- ESPN (1,023,000)
- Nickelodeon (833,000)
- CNN (789,000)
- HGTV (750,000)
- Investigation Discovery (706,000)
- Hallmark Channel (628,000)
- USA (590,000)
- History (554,000)
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