Atlanta, Georgia: The viewership of US channel Cable News Network (CNN) in primetime has dropped to its lowest value in around two decades, figures show.
Apart from CNN, other giants like Fox News and MSNBC have also seen a fall in their viewership. An average of 389,000 viewers watched CNN primetime between April 30 and May 27, a 51 percent drop from May 2011. By comparison, Fox News averaged 1,692,000 total viewers (a 9 percent drop), while MSNBC averaged 674,000 total viewers (a 19 percent drop), Politico reported.
It was also the network’s second-worst month in primetime for viewers in the key demographic since October 1991.
Piers Morgan also delivered the worst ratings for his time slot in two decades and drew an average of 417,000 total viewers and 117,000 viewers aged 25-54, while Erin Burnett delivered the worst ratings for the 25-54 demo in twenty years.
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