When life hands you a Lemon —change the channel.
The house that Turner built continues to struggle as the week of January 16th marks one of the worst weeks for ratings in the company’s history —average primetime viewership cratered to just 444,000 viewers.
But the worst news is reserved for Mr. Primetime Daytime Don Lemon.
From Breitbart News:
If you recall, Lemon was demoted from his basement-rated primetime perch to save CNN’s failed morning show… With Lemon on board, New Day became CNN This Morning. [The show] is a catastrophe that averaged only 331,000 viewers.”
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During that same time, Fox News attracted 1.3 million viewers. During that same time, Fox News attracted 180,000 demo viewers. Don Lemon sunk to only 65,000 demo viewers.
What? You mean Lemon wearing a hoodie under his blazer didn’t attract millions and millions of Americans curious to see what such an interesting man had to say about the news? Because only a very interesting man would wear a hoodie under a blazer, only a man with something to say that we all need to hear would do something so brave.
Even [CEO Chris Licht’s] former employer Stephen Colbert laughed at Lemon.
“What the f*** is that?’” Colbert said as his audience howled at a photo of Lemon in his hoodie. “I know they want to add some comedy to CNN, and this is hilarious, but how do you report the news in that outfit? How do you actually talk about tragedy wearing that, because what could be more tragic than that look he had this morning?”
Licht is desperately trying to course correct at the third-place network but has had little luck, despite efforts to eliminate “partisan hackery” and “idealogical talking points.”
More over at Breitbart News:
CNN is just figuring out that Don Lemon’s show sucks during the day just as much as it did at night. https://t.co/laX1AtTnYn
— Righteous⚡️Crusader (@Craftmastah) January 27, 2023