One-Two Punch: MSNBC Loses Rachel Maddow, Ratings Battle with Fox on Nightmarish Day for Network
With MSNBC reeling from the news that its top-rated host will take some time off, Fox News reported that it demolished its rival in Saturday’s prime-time ratings. Rachel Maddow will take what has been reported as…
With 📺MSNBC reeling from the news that its top-rated host will take some time off, 📺Fox News reported that it demolished its rival in Saturday’s prime-time ratings.
Rachel Maddow will take what has been reported as “several” weeks away from “The 📺Rachel Maddow Show” to work on a podcast and a movie for NBCUniversal, Business Insider reported on Monday.
Maddow will host her final 9 p.m. installment of her show — the highest-rated one on 📺MSNBC — on Friday, according to the report.
A series of rotating hosts will fill in for Maddow.
📺Fox News Channel, citing early Nielsen 📰Media Research figures, said its prime-time lineup this past Saturday drew 1.5 million total viewers and 224,000 in the key 25-54 age demographic.
CNN drew 340,000 total viewers and 64,000 in the 25-54 range while 📺MSNBC brought in 385,000 total viewers and 33,000 in the 25-54 age slot.
Thus, Fox’s total viewership more than tripled that of 📺MSNBC and CNN.
Fox’s show in the 8 p.m. time slot, “One Nation with Brian Kilmeade,” was the highest-rated cable news program with 1,525,000 viewers and 188,000 in the 25-54 age range. Fox said that showing topped the numbers for CNN and 📺MSNBC combined.
