Last month MSNBC attempted a ratings brag that basically ended up being another lefty self-own, as Joe Concha noted at the time:
Just to show how dishonest whatever this network is called now, they literally try to show viewer growth from a decade (pre-Trump) ago while also indirectly showing a large drop in audience from 2017 on…
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) December 19, 2025
And this PR team gets paid to do this, somehow… https://t.co/GiWeYZ8Hmv
Now let's take a look at how that ratings boast translates now that the primetime cable ratings for 2025 are out.
Here are the numbers:
2025 cable prime time ratings. https://t.co/OjeUe4hQhQ pic.twitter.com/mHeV5oQucS
— Byron York (@ByronYork) January 1, 2026
The Hallmark Channel lost 27 percent of its primetime audience compared to the previous year and STILL beat CNN. Ouch. I'm rooting for The Food Network to overtake CNN this year.
The Hallmark channel has better ratings than CNN. Oof. https://t.co/9EDhLicci0
— Jennifer (@archer_thirteen) January 1, 2026
CNN really should give Scott Jennings his own primetime show and I bet they'd see a boost (in addition to his great show on the Salem Radio Network).
How does MSNBC beat CNN? Both are bad, but MSNBC is moronic.
— JenninTX (@jennvinestx) January 1, 2026
MSNBC (or MS NOW -- same lunacy, new name) is still mostly reliant on being a gathering place for viewers who need their TDS fed on a daily basis.
As for CNN, it's hardly surprising that their brand of "journalism," which is to attempt to discredit citizen journos who are investigating fraud instead of investigating the fraudsters themselves, isn't resonating.
Happy New Year everybody!
