Larry King and CNN Getting Clobbered in Ratings

By PopEater Staff Posted Mar 30th 2010 11:15AM

More bad news for CNN: According to the NY Times, the most trusted name in news experienced yet another ratings hiccup during the first quarter of 2010, with headline programs like 'Larry King Live' and 'Anderson Cooper 360' down about 50 percent in viewers.

'Larry King' in particular saw its worst quarter ever, averaging a measly 771,000 viewers, down from 1.34 million viewers in 2009. The long-running news program, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary in June, was even beat by HLN's 'Joy Behar Show' a whopping 21 times at 9PM.

Meanwhile, Anderson Cooper was hit by a similar, though not quite as drastic, decline in the ratings. His 10PM program was down 42 percent in viewers and almost 50 percent in the 25-to-54 demo -- a troubling sign, considering that Cooper is one of the networks most lauded and recognizable faces -- not to mention one of its highest paid. (Recently, Cooper was said to be eyeing an anchor position at CBS News, a report that was quickly shot down by CNN.)

But Cooper and King aren't the only ones suffering from bad ratings: 'Campbell Brown' was down at 8PM, as was the network's morning news program, 'American Morning,' which fell behind MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' for the first time ever, according to the report.

What these numbers mean for the future of CNN remains to be seen. But if the network is looking to improve its audience, it may want to take a page from its biggest rival, Fox News Channel. The network is coming off of its biggest quarter ever, with shows like 'Bill O'Reilly' and 'Glenn Beck' up 28 and 50 percent, respectively.

Perhaps it's time for CNN to start courting Sarah Palin.

Tags: anderson cooper, anderson cooper 360, larry king, larry king live, ratings

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Tuesday 30 March

By mrtoadslove

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The reason they are falling in the ratings is the same reason the NY Times is going under. Both media outlets, like the rest, have been hijacked by nutjob left-wing extremists and people are aware that their news reporting is slanted and untruthful and have gone elsewhere. That leaves only the choir of left-wing nutjobs for them to preach to and those people do not watch nor care about the news or being informed. They are mostly uneducated kool-aid drinkers who hold purely emotional views and don't want to be bothered with the truth or facts, much like Ried, obama, and Pelosi.

By Richard Rivera

Go figure. When I see Larry King on I just switch channels. He shows no perseverance when he asks a quesion and gets a non-answer. He just moves on to the next item on his script. No "hard-hitting" questions. It is time.

By Jack

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CNN isn't very good, but the worshipping of Fox News as being fair fair and balanced says a lot about the real intelligence of a lot of people.

By DUKE

ALL THE LIBERAL MEDIA NEEDS TO GET IT. PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH THE LIES. THE LIBERAL MEDIA NEEDS TO STOP THE SPIN AND LIES AND START REPORTING THE NEWS.

By Marilyn

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Hey, does Anderson Cooper's wife know he's gay? On another note, I have to say something about Nancy Grace. I used to love to watch her show but something has obviously happened to her personally (something clicked in her brain??) to push her WAY over the top. She is so incredibly rude to her guests that I cringe and have to change the channel. Why do they even choose to go on that show when they know she's going to take them down? She seems to think her opinion is the ONLY one that matters and that she is the ONLY one who cares. I'm done with you, Nancy!!! You need a vacation!!!

By Melody

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How bout it?? I totally agree with you. She loves to "scold and admonish" her guests like they don't know what they're talking about -- only her, haha! And God forbid if someone actually has a chance to get a word in and proves her wrong, she cuts them right off and switches to another story or another "Happy Birthday." LOL. And I swear, if I see one more picture of her butt-ugly "miracle" kids, I think I'll puke.

By Kimi

I think Nancy and Kate Gosselin are twin sisters. They are both alike; full of themselves, rude and narcissist.

By groundspeed

Morning Joe is about the only programming on CNN or NBC that presents multiple points of view. All the rest, all day long is the media wing of the Democratic party.

By John

Try telling the truth instead of what the libtards want you to say............

By lolabull

CNN....Unfair & Unbalanced. They went downhill when they lost Beck and Dobbs. HA!

By marty

Yes you might be right about cnn!!But fox is even more unbalanced and one sided.So if you dont watch cnn who do you watch for your news,I might join you!!

Oh no Marty, I think you have me mistaken, I DO watch FOX News because I don't really care for the lack of real journalism on the part of CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, or any other cable news network. Plus, the people on FOX tend to be pretty rather than old, weathered, girl-looka-lika-man types. I'd rather watch girls with brains than Rachel "Chachi" Maddow and her shoulder-chip.

Even CBS is starting to question this administration..........

They are ALL crooks. Here about the new McDonalds Value meal?

It's called the Obama Value meal, you order whatever you want and the person behind you pays for it!

By THE TRUTH

one example of msnbc luanacy ed schultz goes on about the tea movement being fringe luantic and milatants. when 99 percent are just plain old red white and blue. and he calls them militants blaming the recent violence on them, and the fringe and what does this ###### do.The next night on his show he show a pitcher of glenn becks home and the address where he lives I DONT CARE IF YOU HAVE POLITICAL DIFFERNCE YOU DONT SHOW THE HOME WHERE HIS FAMILY LIVES ON NATIONAL TV. a lowlife this guy is

By msdawndawn

I never liked Larry. He has always been too soft on his guests. As for CNN, I think people are tired of newspinion. People are fed up with the media telling them how to feel about stuff. People just want the news (both sides). If the media can’t get that simple fact, then newspapers are going to continue to lose circulation & news programs will be cancelled.

By PJ

When you are a puppet of the obama ganbg and are so openly biased and one sided, it doesn't take the public long to catch on...CNN is so liberal, they are a joke! I heard that if you take ALL of these CNN, MSNBC and other biased supposed news programs and added up ALL their ratings, the Cartoon network has a bigger audience!

By rlw1945

Who's surprised about the rating? Certainly, not I. Quit watching CNN (Clinton News Network) many years ago and will NEVER go back.

By kev

WHAT EVERYBODY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND IS FOX IS ONE CHANNEL THAT THE FAR RIGHT WATCH FOR ALL THEIR FAIR AND BALANCE NEWS????? WHERE AS THE REST OF AMERICA WATCH'S CNN,MSNBC,ABC,NBC,CBS HLN, SO WHEN YOU BREAK UP THE PEOPLE AMONG THIS MANY CHANNELS YOUR RATINGS WON'T BE AS HIGH AS THE (ONE) CHANNEL MANY VEIWERS FROM THE RIGHT FAUX I MEAN FOX

By Debbie

CNN STARTS ANY TALKS WITH PALIN I WILL NEVER WATCH ANYTHING ON CNN AGAIN. SHE IS BAD NEWS! IN MORE WAY THAN ONE. KING NEEDS TO RETIRE. TO OLD...HE IS RICH AND CAN AFFORD TO STAY AT HOME AND WRITE A BOOK. I LIKE BROWN AND LIKE THE SILVER HAIRED DEVIL. NEED TO UPDATE AND CHANGE A FEW THINGS BUT,REALLY IT IS JUST THE SIGN OF THE TIMES.

By Roy

You know if all of these news networks like msnbc cnn would stop calling the American people that or not dem- racist war mongers hate mongers and any other name that fits them there rating may go up but who wants to set there and listen to them call people somthing there not just because of there hate for America in general. at least fox will listen to reason and these others will not they are right and you are a wrong.

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