NewsNation The Turmoil Saga of NewsNation

[Megatron81 343]

On 1/15/2025 at 9:28 PM, Spring Rubber said:

Changes are effective February 10th. Vargas moves to 7pm ET, and NewsNation Now with Connell McShane expands to three hours to cover the 5pm ET hour that Vargas's show currently occupies.

 

Really surprised they're actually not adding a new personality to the schedule.

 

Yeah, I'm also surprised that they aren't adding new personality as you said Springer.   

[Jase 1164]

On 1/15/2025 at 8:28 PM, Spring Rubber said:

Changes are effective February 10th. Vargas moves to 7pm ET, and NewsNation Now with Connell McShane expands to three hours to cover the 5pm ET hour that Vargas's show currently occupies.

 

Really surprised they're actually not adding a new personality to the schedule.

 

The last thing they (we) need is another 'personality'- based show. They should keep the opinions to a minimum and focus on news. It's bad enough they have given a de facto contributor/host spot to O'Reilly. I'll take UFO coverage any day over seeing more of him (and the like).

[R.R. 126]

1 hour ago, Jase said:

They should keep the opinions to a minimum and focus on news.

That pretty much failed in night one based on what viewers were seeing

[nathannah 2792]

Watching dayside NewsNation and it's getting to be very clear that they barely ever need the studio or even a mic, because their anchors never get to appear on screen unless they're just handing off to the pundit to blather on, and usually it's in a quad box to add insult to injury while the same video loops over and over for ten minutes.

 

It's absurd; LiveNow and Local News Now do a much better job showing off their talent during their shows, and I couldn't name one of those folks in a lineup.They'll only show the talent on this channel that they overpaid for to get ratings that are much worse than the edited movies WGN America they showed in primetime a decade back. Sorry Markie, Marnie and Nichole (not sorry to any of the talent that saw the writing on the wall two years back and fled).

 

This network outside of primetime can literally be handled by their local stations, and it's no wonder to see why cable providers really don't want to have to carry it in order to carry a local Nexstar station. They'd be better off just airing various WGN, WPIX and KTLA newscasts and probably get better ratings for it to boot.

[DENDude 259]

Well it seems Chris Cuomo is not doing well ratings wise, are we surprised?  I guess I'm not, for as big of a news junkie that I am, I haven't watched NN in months, it's certainly not top of mind for me when breaking news happens. 

 

https://www.tvinsider.com/1212232/chris-cuomo-newsnation-ratings-reportedly-down-90-percent-to-cnn-show/

[ABC 7 Denver 1889]

2 hours ago, DENDude said:

Well it seems Chris Cuomo is not doing well ratings wise, are we surprised?  I guess I'm not, for as big of a news junkie that I am, I haven't watched NN in months, it's certainly not top of mind for me when breaking news happens. 

 

https://www.tvinsider.com/1212232/chris-cuomo-newsnation-ratings-reportedly-down-90-percent-to-cnn-show/

 

You still have cable!?

[Jase 1164]

First Llamas, now Cuomo... Sounds like another New York Post hit piece.

 

From today's (8/30/25), Crains Chicago Business:

 

'Even so [in related to Cuomo's ratings], NewsNation has been growing overall, according to Nielsen figures. Nielsen figures indicate that Cuomo’s show is up nearly 25% in total viewers compared with his first quarter on the network, suggesting that while the audience remains modest compared with rivals, it has grown steadily since launch.'

[l_miro 245]

22 minutes ago, Jase said:

First Llamas, now Cuomo... Sounds like another New York Post hit piece.

 

From today's (8/30/25), Crains Chicago Business:

 

'Even so [in related to Cuomo's ratings], NewsNation has been growing overall, according to Nielsen figures. Nielsen figures indicate that Cuomo’s show is up nearly 25% in total viewers compared with his first quarter on the network, suggesting that while the audience remains modest compared with rivals, it has grown steadily since launch.'

 

Chris has friends in high places and not afraid to use them.

 

he should just do the NewsNation shows shirtless

[DENDude 259]

3 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

You still have cable!?

No IPTV. 

[Recovering Producer 410]

1 hour ago, Jase said:

First Llamas, now Cuomo... Sounds like another New York Post hit piece.

 

From today's (8/30/25), Crains Chicago Business:

 

'Even so [in related to Cuomo's ratings], NewsNation has been growing overall, according to Nielsen figures. Nielsen figures indicate that Cuomo’s show is up nearly 25% in total viewers compared with his first quarter on the network, suggesting that while the audience remains modest compared with rivals, it has grown steadily since launch.'

 

Both can be true. His numbers can be a fraction of what he saw at CNN. And they also can be higher than when he started at NewsNation.

 

I have no reason to question the 25% increase in viewers since he started, but a big percentage increase with the disappointing numbers NewsNation has still is not a lot of viewers. Same goes network wide with their marketing as the fastest growing cable news network.

 

The reality is, NewsNation has the platform of being distributed on nearly every MVPD and has 200+ local outlets promoting it relentlessly on broadcast and digital. But, they're still struggling to find an audience. 

 

There are two pieces of data I'd love to see, but know I never will: what they are charging for spots, and which local markets they perform best in. 

 

[Jase 1164]

2 hours ago, Recovering Producer said:

 

Both can be true. His numbers can be a fraction of what he saw at CNN. And they also can be higher than when he started at NewsNation.

 

I have no reason to question the 25% increase in viewers since he started, but a big percentage increase with the disappointing numbers NewsNation has still is not a lot of viewers. Same goes network wide with their marketing as the fastest growing cable news network.

 

The reality is, NewsNation has the platform of being distributed on nearly every MVPD and has 200+ local outlets promoting it relentlessly on broadcast and digital. But, they're still struggling to find an audience. 

 

There are two pieces of data I'd love to see, but know I never will: what they are charging for spots, and which local markets they perform best in. 

 

 

I don't think Chris (nor NewsNation) believed he was going to bring in the same amount of viewers as he had at CNN. He was/is a familiar face (to viewers) and despite some baggage, would draw in people to the fledgling network that is News Nation.

 

Move importantly, given the current state of cable (and linear television in general); any viewership gains should be viewed as a positive. And to no surprise, the New York Post didn't put this issue/topic in the proper context.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tyrannical bastard 4678]

I've noticed that Nexstar has been filling in the "streams" on their OTT apps with NewsNation programming...

[Rusty Muck 4688]

On 8/30/2025 at 6:15 PM, l_miro said:

Chris has friends in high places and not afraid to use them.

 

he should just do the NewsNation shows shirtless

Shirtless, with a gigantic q-tip by his side.

[AmericanErrorist 267]

They're giving 4 PM on Saturdays to self-described "MAGA lefty" Batya Ungar-Sargon starting 9/20, thus abandoning any pretense of being a straight news channel:

 

https://deadline.com/2025/08/newsnation-batya-ungar-sargon-opinion-1236497854/

[TVLurker 389]

On 9/8/2025 at 5:13 PM, AmericanErrorist said:

They're giving 4 PM on Saturdays to self-described "MAGA lefty" Batya Ungar-Sargon starting 9/20, thus abandoning any pretense of being a straight news channel:

 

https://deadline.com/2025/08/newsnation-batya-ungar-sargon-opinion-1236497854/

 

I doubt there is any audience for a straight news channel on cable anymore. Every cable channel is partisan to certain degrees.

 

The only place to get straight news now is on streaming.

[ABC 7 Denver 1889]

2 hours ago, TVLurker said:

 

I doubt there is any audience for a straight news channel on cable anymore. Every cable channel is partisan to certain degrees.

 

The only place to get straight news now is on streaming.

 

Where is there straight news on streaming?

[AmericanErrorist 267]

8 minutes ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

Where is there straight news on streaming?

Maybe ABC News Live, CBS News 24/7 and NBC News Now, for a given definition of "straight"? Also Reuters and the remnants of Scripps News have streaming channels.

Edited September 10, 2025 by AmericanErrorist

[Rusty Muck 4688]

On 9/8/2025 at 8:13 PM, AmericanErrorist said:

They're giving 4 PM on Saturdays to self-described "MAGA lefty" Batya Ungar-Sargon starting 9/20, thus abandoning any pretense of being a straight news channel:

 

https://deadline.com/2025/08/newsnation-batya-ungar-sargon-opinion-1236497854/

It'd be rather fitting if this Free Press whacko causes NewsNation to lose viewers in that timeslot. Which tends to be their MO.

[NowBergen 924]

7 hours ago, Rusty Muck said:

It'd be rather fitting if this Free Press whacko causes NewsNation to lose viewers in that timeslot. Which tends to be their MO.

All 50 of them, the reality is their ratings are anemic.

[MorningNews 1711]

How appropriate is it for Chris Cuomo to be covering his own brother’s mayoral campaign? This is what got him fired from CNN.

[YourWorldToday 29]

30 minutes ago, MorningNews said:

How appropriate is it for Chris Cuomo to be covering his own brother’s mayoral campaign? This is what got him fired from CNN.

Luckily for him, no one watches NewsNation, so it doesn't really matter. 

[AmericanErrorist 267]

36 minutes ago, MorningNews said:

How appropriate is it for Chris Cuomo to be covering his own brother’s mayoral campaign? This is what got him fired from CNN.

This company is PIX11's godfather, so that's another kettle of fish, especially since the brother in issue lost.

[Dave Lampstein 293]

3 hours ago, YourWorldToday said:

Luckily for him, no one watches NewsNation, so it doesn't really matter. 

One of my favorite Reddit posts lately while following this week’s elections…

 

 

[Megatron81 343]

As long as Andrew didn't go on Chris's show I have no problem with Chris calling the race that his brother lost. CNN should've kept the rule when Chris was a host of the show that Andrew couldn't be on it, it was nothing but butt kissing by Chris when he interviewed his brother during COVID. 

[obxwatcher 23]

Ashleigh Banfield steps down from nightly NewsNation show to expand true crime podcast