CNN’s seven-hour climate change townhall: Last in the ratings, of course
ALLAHPUNDIT Posted at 9:21 pm on September 05, 2019
I say “of course” not because seven hours of progressives lecturing you about your carbon footprint sounds not just punitive but draconian. Or, for that matter, because a seven-hour series of lectures on *any* policy topic, particularly by self-serving candidates for high office, is destined to be insufferable.
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I say “of course” because CNN is almost always last in the evening ratings.
Of course their
climate-change series finished last. It was a day ending in “y.”
Here’s the funny part: This endless grueling slog through familiar Democratic talking points about sustainability actually rated
higher than CNN’s regular primetime programming. Something as didactic as Elizabeth Warren riffing about windmills drew more viewers than Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, and Chris Cuomo exploring the hottest news of the day. Maybe CNN should start airing insurance seminars at night. Ratings might improve.
CNN averaged 1.1 million viewers from 5 p.m. to midnight, the hours devoted to back-to-back town halls by 10 Democratic contenders.
MSNBC finished second with 1.7 million total viewers during the time period, with Fox News winning the time period with an average of 2.5 million. Both channels provided regular programming on Wednesday night…
During the 8 p.m.-11 p.m. hours of prime time, Fox News averaged 3.2 million total viewers, placing first. MSNBC was second with a 2.2 million average and CNN third with 1.4 million.
However the average 1.4 million tuning in to CNN for the event was well above its average in primetime in 2019.
“In fairness to Biden, everyone who is watching this has blood coming out of their eyes,” said
Stephen “redsteeze” Miller while it was airing.