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TUNING OUT: MSNBC Viewership TANKS, Loses More Than Half of Its Primetime Audience Post-Election

posted by Hannity Staff - 11.12.24

No “Trump bump” for MSDNC…

According to a Fox News report, the far, far-left folks at MSNBC have seen a staggering drop in primetime viewership since Donald Trump’s historic win just one week ago.

Primetime viewership is down 54% for Rachel Maddow, “Joyless” Reid and the crew.

From Fox News:

MSNBC averaged 1.1 million viewers during the month of October but plummeted to an average audience of 736,000 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week following President-elect Donald Trump’s historic landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. MSNBC’s remarkable 31% drop comes as Fox News Channel’s viewership grew by 61% over the same time period.

MSNBC also shed 26% of its year-to-date totals, but things got even worse in primetime.

uring the primetime hours of 8-11 p.m. ET, MSNBC averaged 1.8 million total viewers in October but viewership of “Alex Wagner Tonight,” “All in with Chris Hayes” and “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” have averaged only 808,000 total viewers since election night. The 54% drop represents more than half of the network’s primetime viewers, and MSNBC is also down 51% from its year-to-date totals while Fox News is up 58% in primetime compared to 2024 averages.

MSNBC is also down 16% among total day viewers and 57% during primetime among the critical demographic of adults age 25-54, which is most coveted by advertisers.

“Alex Wagner Tonight,” “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Chris Jansing Reports,” “Deadline: White House” with Nicolle Wallace, “Jose Diaz-Balart Reports,” Joy Reid’s “The ReidOut” and “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” all had their smallest audiences of the year on Friday.

It was also the smallest audience for “Alex Wagner Tonight” since the show launched in 2022 when MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow rolled back her on-air presence to only once per week.

“All in with Chris Hayes” had its lowest-rated episode since May 10, 2016 on Thursday.

Here’s what election night looked like at MSNBC as it became obvious that Donald Trump would defeat Kamala Harris in a landslide victory.

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