Ex-Fox News host, Chris Wallace, new CNN celebrity interview show tanks in the ratings
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Chris Wallace’s new CNN celebrity talk show in which he sang the hit ‘Man, I Feel Like a Woman’ with Shania Twain lost 29% of viewers in the new 7pm timeslot
- The New Celebrity Talk Show ‘Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?’ made its premiere on Sunday night at 7pm lost 29% of viewers
- The show was watched by only 401,000 viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research
- According to Nielsen, there were 44,000 viewers between the ages of 25 and 54 in the target audience coveted by advertisers.
- That number is 64% lower than the average for that hour, according to a report:
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Former Fox News host Chris Wallace’s new CNN celebrity talk show, in which he aired tunes with country darling Shania Twain, scored high in the ratings during the show’s debut.
The new show, ‘Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?’ premiered Sunday night at 7pm, but according to Nielsen’s early ratings, it doesn’t seem like many people watched the first episode.
According to the latest ratings from Nielsen Media Research, viewership dropped a whopping 29% from the 2022 average for the 7 p.m. EST timeslot.
Sunday night’s program was watched by only 401,000 viewers. And in advertiser-coveted demographics 25 and 54, only 44,000 viewers watched, Nielsen reported. That figure is 64% lower than the average for that hour, The New York Post reported.
Former Fox News host Chris Wallace new CNN celebrity talk show, ‘Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?’ had him sing tunes with country darlin’ Shania Twain tanked in the ratings during the show debut on Sunday at 7 p.m.
The legendary broadcaster known for talking politics, this new talk show revolves around Wallace speaking with high profile names in sports, entertainment, arts and culture and news.
Wallace’s new show was supposed to air on CNN plus, but the streaming service was shut down less than a month after launch, a decision under the network’s new leadership.
The network attributes the lower rating to dual streaming on HBO Max. The show will stream on HBO Max three days before airing on CNN and “It doesn’t follow a typical linear distribution model, so its success won’t be defined as such,” a source at the network said, the news outlet reported.
Both CNN and HBO Max are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.
“Live domestic TV viewers represent only a fraction of the intended audience,” the source said.
The legendary broadcaster and former host of ‘Fox News Sunday’ is known for talking politics.
His new weekday talk show revolves around Wallace interviewing celebrities, and people in the fields of sports, entertainment, arts and culture.
The show’s launch was scheduled to air on CNN+, but the streaming service was shut down for less than a month — a decision made under the network’s new leadership.
Upcoming shows include Wallace interviewing Hollywood actor and producer Tyler Perry and recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
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The merger between Warner Bros. and Discovery CEO David Zaslav have cut costs at CNN, which has consistently trailed Fox News and MSNBC in the rating race, a report said.
Wallace had been with the Fox News Network for 18 years, covering some of the country’s biggest political events and interviewing American leaders and dignitaries.
Hours after announcing that he was leaving Fox News, he released a statement saying he was “honoured and excited to join Jeff Zucker and his amazing team,” RadarOnline reported.
But when Jeff Zucker was fired from CNN after allegedly having a secret romance with his colleague, Allison Gollust, Wallace was apparently “furious,” sources said. RadarOnline.
Wallace’s deal was to have him host a weekday interview program on CNN+.
At the time Zucker was fired, the newscaster was questioning “his decision” to move networks, despite his estimated $8-$10 million salary, the news outlet reported.