Chris Cuomo’s return to prime-time television has been anything but triumphant.
The former CNN star, once a household name anchoring a nightly show that drew millions, is now reaching only a fraction of that audience on NewsNation.
According to fresh Nielsen figures, Cuomo’s ratings are down nearly 90% overall and 95% in the key 25–54 advertising demo compared with his CNN run. 3
This quarter, his NewsNation program is averaging just 164,000 total viewers and 15,000 in the demo. By contrast, “Cuomo Prime Time” on CNN averaged 1.4 million viewers and 374,000 in the demo during its three-year run.
The decline is especially stark against Cuomo’s final quarter at CNN in late 2021 — a period when his ratings had already dipped amid his suspension and firing.
Even then, he drew 797,000