HLN's wall-to-wall coverage of the Jodi Arias trial has had
substantial ratings legs. Surging around the time of the May 8 verdict, the
network notched an extremely rare monthly victory: It topped MSNBC in total day
and primetime. And, reports THR, with CNN posting its second consecutive month
as a distant primetime runner-up to Fox News Channel, MSNBC is in a very
precarious fourth place.
Averaging 539,000 viewers in primetime and 175,000 viewers
in the adults 25-54 demographic, MSNBC suffered double-digit drops from last
May -- down a respective 20 and 19 percent. Losses were less substantial in
total day, down 10 percent to an average 346,000 viewers and down 7 percent to
115,000 adults 25-54, while all other nets pulled growth in multiple categories.
The soft start for All In With Chris Hayes has not helped.
Hayes, down 32 percent in total viewers from The Ed Show last May, has offered
a poor lead-in for MSNBC's primetime flagship, The Rachel Maddow Show, at 9
p.m. The show delivered its lowest-rated month since it debuted in September
2008 (717,000 total viewers) and its second lowest with adults 25-54 (210,000).
Maddow was topped by typical time slot victor Sean Hannity and CNN's Piers
Morgan.
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