MSNBC and CNN suffered staggering losses in viewership over the past year \u2014 while Donald Trump\u2019s ascendancy supercharged Fox News in the cable news ratings war. <\/p>\n
The left-leaning networks \u2014 which will both be spun off by their respective parent companies \u2014 suffered year-over-year declines in all major metrics for the second quarter compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Nielsen data, which was reported by AdWeek<\/a>.<\/p>\n Comcast-owned MSNBC, with its rabid anti-Trump lineup of anchors, drew an average 1.008 million primetime viewers from April to June, a year-over-year decline of 15%, Nielsen figures show.<\/p>\n Fox News Channel boasts an audience that rivals that of broadcast networks, according to Nielsen data. Ralf \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n In the the advertiser-covered 25-to-54 demographic, primetime viewership plunged 20%, to 91,000 compared to last year \u2014 despite star anchor Rachel Maddow returning to full-time duty during the first 100 days of the Trump administration.<\/a><\/p>\n Jen Psaki took over her 9 p.m. primetime slot Tuersdays through Fridays midway through the second quarter ratings period.<\/p>\n The exodus of eyeballs was even worse during the day, with total viewership plummeting 26%, to an average of 596,000, and 31%, to 57,000,\u00a0in the key demo compared to the same quarter last year.<\/p>\n CNN, which has languished in last place despite paying anchor Anderson Cooper a reported $18 million in salary<\/a>, averaged 538,000 total viewers in primetime<\/a> for the three-month period and 105,000 in the demo, according to Nielsen<\/p>\n Year-over-year, the network saw declines of 13% in total viewers in primetime and a 15% drop in the 25-54 demo.<\/p>\n The cable news pioneer, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, dropped 14% in total viewers during the day, to an average of 406,000, and 16% in the demo, to 71,000, year-over-year, according to Nielsen.<\/p>\n Anderson Cooper\u2019s recent move to change agents has sparked speculation about his future at CNN. CNN<\/p>\n