Chris Cuomo’s NewsNation Ratings Revealed Compared With His Axed CNN Show
Chris Cuomo is struggling to replicate the same success he found on CNN with his NewsNation series, Cuomo.
The ratings for Cuomo are reportedly down 90% overall and 95% in the 25-54 age demographic compared to his time on CNN, according to new Nielsen Ratings numbers shared by the New York Post on Friday, August 29.
The journalist’s self-titled series reportedly averages at around 164,000 total viewers and 15,000 in the aforementioned demographic. In comparison, his former CNN series, Cuomo Prime Time, averaged around 1.4 million viewers and 374,000 in the key demographic throughout its 2017-2021 run.
Per the outlet, Cuomo even drew in more viewers during his final quarter on CNN than with his NewsNation show, averaging 797,000 overall viewers and 165,000 in the main demographic. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuomo’s CNN show reportedly drew in 2.4 million total viewers regularly.
Cuomo’s ratings struggle on NewsNation could be due to the show competing in the 8 p.m. ET weeknight time slot. Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime averages at 3.1 million viewers, per the report, while MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes and CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360° average 874,000 and 539,000 viewers, respectively. Newsmax’s Finnerty also beats out Cuomo with 319,000 total viewers.
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Chris was fired from CNN in December 2021 following claims that he aided his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in battling sexual assault allegations. “This is not how I want my time at CNN to end but I have already told you why and how I helped my brother,” he wrote via X at the time. “So let me now say as disappointing as this is, I could not be more proud of the team at Cuomo Prime Time and the work we did as CNN’s #1 show in the most competitive time slot.”
He concluded, “I owe them all and will miss that group of special people who did really important work.”
News broke in June 2022 that Cuomo would be joining NewsNation’s primetime lineup that fall, and Cuomo premiered on the network that October.
“I make a lot of mistakes. Sometimes for good reasons, sometimes for bad reasons. I’m very flawed,” Cuomo said of his past controversies and NewsNation role on a February 2023 episode of Anthony Scaramucci‘s Open Book podcast. “There’s damage. There’s damage that’s relatable to people. There’s damage that’s unrelatable to people that I have to deal with. That I try to deal with. That I do the work on. I still fail.”
He added, “I have learned to accept it. I had to accept because I was gonna kill everybody, including myself. Things can consume you… I really had to fight against that because… I got too many people counting on me.”
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I watch Cuomo on NewsNation all the time . I generally prefer this news network over the others.
Sad that ratings are so low.
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I love Chris Cuomo! He’s doing a hellava job! Cuomio, oh Cuomio….where for art thou, the Cuomio? Stay strong Brother, Lynne from South Philly!
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First of all....he wears the same blue shirt every night with the sleeves rolled up. Secondly, he says "Okay" or "Alright" literally every other sentence. Drives me crazy! Smart guy but loses my attention in a hurry with ihis repetiveness and dress code. Though they're not important but so obvious on this show.
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Refuse to watch him any more - he does NOT give an unbiased opinion. He needs to just provide the facts, and let us decide what is right or wrong. He is way too opinionated. He needs to listen to Bill O'Reilly who fosters a fact only without personal opinion.
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He was great when he started at NewsNation, however, now he starts his show with a ten monologue. He talks over his guests when they are not agreeing with him. He is also starting to lean to the left. Just be a presenter, do not interject your own views. As NewsNation states just REPORT THE NEWS!
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I love Chris Cuomo & his show. I watch his show every night!
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Good show...would not say great. I lean more right and looked forward to a view point that is more centrist (maybe left leaning) to give me a more rounded view and a different perspective that isn't crazy. ...and because he tries to be more centrist he has lost the left. Common Sense doesn't always prevail in this age of social media. The show should be doing better in rating and I am surprised by the numbers. ...and that's my two bits, not that it matters.
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Love Chris Cuomo. He is more interesting and balanced than any other broadcaster.
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Chris is fair and incredibly intelligent and has respect for his guests no matter how shallow and inaccurate they may be. He would be foolish to move to cbs with that horrible owner who will squelch words and put too many limitations on cuomos ideas! Stay put and BE YOU
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I really love this show, he is very thoughtful and I see that he does a thorough analysis before coming to an opinion, He cares about this country and the average citizen and he will call out anyone regardless of wealth or status if they are wrong. Hope we never lose him.
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I love Christ Cuomo! He is the only anchor that actually engages differing points of view but most importantly listens to his guests rather than talking OVER them. He's got my vote as the best program News Nation has by far!
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