The general public break-up and more and more bitter feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump is proving to be an enormous rankings winner throughout cable information, with CNN and MSNBC seeing an uptick in viewers final week in comparison with a typical night.
Based on AdWeek, citing Nielsen numbers, final Thursday (June 5) noticed beneficial properties for each CNN and MSNBC, with Anderson Cooper and Lawrence O’Donnell benefiting probably the most.
Anderson Cooper 360 drew 776,000 complete viewers and 124,000 in the important thing 25-54 demographic, making it the community’s highest-rated present of the day. This was up considerably on the Thursday prior, Might 29, which drew 592,000 complete viewers and 95,000 in the important thing demo.
The Final Phrase with Lawrence O’Donnell, in the meantime, amassed 1.486 million viewers and 120,000 in the important thing demo, securing its spot as MSNBC’s highest-rated present on Thursday. This was up on the week earlier than, which drew 1.193 million viewers and 106,000 in the important thing demo.
Trump and Musk traded barbs forwards and backwards on Thursday, simply days after the Tesla CEO exited his place as head of the unofficial authorities DOGE (Division of Authorities Effectivity). Since then, Musk has slammed Trump’s “huge, stunning invoice” and accused him of being within the recordsdata in regards to the late convicted intercourse offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
As cable information coated the continued drama all through Thursday, practically each present noticed a rise in complete viewers in comparison with the identical time the week prior. On CNN, Kasie Hunt (623K), Jake Tapper (607.5K), Erin Burnett (714K), Kaitlan Collins (647K), Abby Phillip (583K), and Laura Coates (327K) all noticed will increase.
It was the identical story on MSNBC, with Nicolle Wallace (1.149 mil), Ari Melber (1.203 mil), Weeknight (992K), Chris Hayes (1.190 mil), Jen Psaki (1.218 mil), and Stephanie Ruhle (967K) all up in complete viewers in comparison with the Thursday prior.
Fox Information, nonetheless, continued to paved the way regardless of lots of the community’s anchors attempting to downplay the Musk and Trump feud. Each Fox Information present outdrew CNN and MSNBC programming in the identical time-slots between 4 pm and 11 pm. Fox Information’ The 5 remained the highest present of the day, with 3.279 million viewers and 314,000 within the demo.