90 Miles From Tyranny : Monday Schadenfreude: Chris Wallace ratings far worse than show he replaced as CNN braces for holiday season layoffs

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Monday, October 31, 2022

Monday Schadenfreude: Chris Wallace ratings far worse than show he replaced as CNN braces for holiday season layoffs


Chris Wallace left Fox News in a huff and signed a contract with CNN to be the point man on the cable network’s streaming service, CNN+. That venture lasted only days before the new owners pulled the plug, leaving the network stuck with finding some use for its expensive (“more than $6 million a year”) new employee. They came up with a Sunday evening interview program, titled Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace.”

As Radar Online reports, the results are dismal:
…stats revealed that his show has…driven down the time slot for CNN over 20 percent in comparison to how Sunday nights were ranking before his start.

RadarOnline.com previously reported on the less than stellar debut of Who's Talking to Chris Wallace, which was only able to deliver 401,000 viewers in the 7 PM/ET hour.

The legendary broadcaster pulled in only 43,800 in the 25-54 age demo while Fox News garnered a massive 1.3 million viewers with Sunday Night In America With Trey Gowdy.
Reportedly, Wallace will be given a daytime interview show, where he can work his ratings magic just as he does on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the new boss at CNN, Chris Licht is planning holiday season layoffs, as CNN itself is reporting:
“Unsettling.”

That’s the sort of news CNN staffers had delivered to their inboxes at 1pm ET on Wednesday when network boss Chris Licht candidly informed them that sweeping changes are imminent. In other words, brace for layoffs by the end of the year.

Licht, who has been conducting a business review of CNN for six months, said in a memo that he had identified areas where changes will be made. In addition, he noted that there is “widespread concern over the global economic outlook” and said that “we must factor that risk into our long-term planning.”
Apparently, he is not convinced by Biden’s claim that the economy is “strong as hell.”
“All this together will mean noticeable change to this organization,” Licht said in a memo. “That, by definition, is unsettling. These changes will not be easy because they will affect people, budgets, and projects.”

Licht’s memo came hours after CNBC’s Alex Sherman published a deep-dive examining the future of CNN. Sherman’s story, which Licht went on the record for, stated that job cuts will...




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4 comments:

Doom said...

There were enough traitors on FOX to support him, but liberals have no use for a perceived turncoat, even one who went in their direction. Too little, too late, not enough, and never enough for someone who once, possibly, supported a possible real conservative, somehow, somewhere.

He's like the trans, who cut their various bits and units off, only to find out no one wants to have anything to do with them. No way to put it back. Just... becoming... another nothing in a world filling up with nothings. Meh. He could still be the news, for a few minutes. A noose and a note. Cheers.

Justin_O_Guy said...

legendary broadcaster pulled in only 43,800

Or,about twice as many in person supporters who drive to and get through whatever weather in order to be In the crowd to see Trump.
81 million votes my achin Ass.

Average Joe Bro said...

Introducing the next Jerry Spinger....

JG said...

I believe MSM is dying. People no matter if they are left, right, or in the middle want to know they are getting the truth in the news and not bias or propaganda.

The ratings of ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, PBS, NPR, MSNBC, NBC and their national and local are all going down. You can see the same script run on local channels with the national channels daily. People are giving up on the cable feed and the costs as it garbage. They can get streaming, internet, and video feed to get news that is relevant and real and cheaper.