MSNBC’s and CNN’s ratings plummeted after President-elect’s Donald Trump’s landslide victory against Vice President Kamala Harris was announced in the early morning hours on Wednesday after the election.
According to Nielsen data, the viewership on MSNBC on Thursday, analyzing Trump’s win, brought in a total for all day of 596,000 viewers — and in the coveted age demographic, of ages 25-54, a total of 71,000 viewers, Mediaite reported.
Over on CNN, coverage of Trump’s election victory throughout the day on Thursday brought in 419,000 total viewers and in the key age demographic, just 91,000 viewers.
Primetime coverage for both networks was even worse, with MSNBC host Alex Wagner experiencing her lowest-rated show ever and Chris Hayes’ show scoring its worst audience since May of 2016, the outlet noted.
Year over year, MSNBC’s numbers were also down 23 percent, while CNN’s audience was down 40 percent.
Meanwhile, wall to wall election coverage of Trump and his…
