Triple-digit viewership for MSNBC programming hit an all-time low last week, as the network continues to struggle in the wake of… President-elect Donald Trump Victory on election day.
“Alex Wagner Tonight,” “Inside with Jen Psaki” and “The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell” hit rock bottom last week despite a busy news cycle that included the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the manhunt that followed. That's for his killer. , a large number of news related to Trump's Cabinet picks, and the repercussions of President Biden's announcement that he will pardon his son, Hunter, and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted from power by force.
“Alex Wagner Tonight,” which airs during Rachel Maddow's 9 p.m. ET time slot Tuesday through Friday because “The Rachel Maddow Show” only airs on Mondays, averaged just 595,000 viewers during the week of 2 December, the lowest-rated week since 2018. Premiere of 2022.
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MSNBC hosts Lawrence O'Donnell, Jen Psaki and Alex Wagner. (Screenshots/MSNBC)
“Inside with Jen Psaki” averaged just 651,000 viewers, the program’s smallest weekly audience since its launch last year when Psaki stepped down from her job as Biden’s first press secretary and joined MSNBC.
“The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell” attracted more viewers than last week, but the program hit an all-time low among the 25-54 demographic that advertisers want. The pilot for “The Last Word” averaged 61,000 viewers last week, the smallest measurable audience since the show launched in 2010.
The ratings lows come as Comcast recently announced it would spin off NBCUniversal's cable assets, including MSNBC, into a separate company that will not be associated with NBC News. As a result, the fate of shared resources and even the cable network's name Editorial direction They are in question.
Meanwhile, he co-hosts “Morning Joe.” Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski He angered many viewers last month when they admitted they had come face to face with Trump after spending years insisting he was a “fascist” and an all-encompassing threat to democracy.
Fox News Digital's Hannah Banrick contributed to this report.
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