Brian Stelter’s Final Episode of Reliable Sources Draws Most Viewers on CNN Sunday

Mediaite StaffAug 23rd, 2022, 10:51 am
 

The ratings are in for the last episode of Reliable Sources, the Sunday media affairs show hosted by Brian Stelter that CNN canceled last week.

Reliable Sources drew 769,000 total viewers at 11 a.m., making it the most watched show on CNN Sunday. Those numbers were enough to beat every show on MSNBC on Sunday, as well as many weekday shows on CNN.

In the advertiser coveted 25-54 age demographic, Reliable Sources drew 105,000 viewers.

Stelter’s rival on Fox News, MediaBuzz hosted by Howard Kurtz, drew 1.39 million viewers and 220,000 in the demo.

New CNN boss Chris Licht canceled the 30-year-old program last week and showed Stelter — a nine-year veteran of the network and its chief media correspondent — the door. The entire staff of the program was laid off as well.

The move confounded fans of the show, who pointed out it was often the top-rated CNN program on Sundays — and the only program on CNN or MSNBC offering criticism of the media.

But Stelter’s adversarial coverage of the Trump administration and conservative media earned him powerful critics, and his ouster was seen by many as a necessary component in the new regime’s efforts to produce a less opinionated CNN.

Here is a full breakdown of Sunday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY:
681		 NEW DAY WEEKEND:
338		 AYMAN:
230		 ALLEN JACKSON:
11		 —
7a FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY:
994		 NEW DAY WEEKEND:
362		 KATIE PHANG SHOW:
390		 WAKE UP AMERICA WEEKEND:
91		 —
8a FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY:
1373		 INSIDE POLITICS:
444		 VELSHI:
540		 — —
9a FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY:
1421		 STATE OF THE UNION:
582		 — — LAST MAN STANDING:
35
10a SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES:
1695		 FAREED ZAKARIA: GPS:
696		 SUNDAY SHOW W/J. CAPEHART:
641		 NEW TO THE STREET:
57		 LAST MAN STANDING:
52
11a MEDIA BUZZ:
1393		 RELIABLE SOURCES:
769		 — BENNY REPORT; THE:
89		 LAST MAN STANDING:
82
12p FOX NEWS LIVE:
1161		 STATE OF THE UNION:
700		 ALEX WITT REPORTS:
588		 HUCKABEE:
65		 LAST MAN STANDING:
126
1p FOX NEWS LIVE:
1053		 FAREED ZAKARIA: GPS:
566		 — DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
79		 LAST MAN STANDING:
120
2p FOX NEWS SUNDAY:
1009		 CNN NEWSROOM:
514		 YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN REPRTS:
419		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
72		 LAST MAN STANDING:
138
3p SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES:
728		 CNN NEWSROOM:
452		 — WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
87		 LAST MAN STANDING:
114
4p FOX NEWS LIVE:
652		 CNN NEWSROOM:
524		 SYMONE:
424		 80S: DECADE OF DECISION,:
56		 LAST MAN STANDING:
145
5p BIG SUNDAY SHOW, THE:
1076		 CNN NEWSROOM:
586		 POLITICS NATION:
491		 GREG KELLY THIS WEEK:
97		 LAST MAN STANDING:
161
6p FOX REPORT WITH JON SCOTT:
1161		 CNN NEWSROOM:
451		 AMERCAN VOICES /MENENDEZ:
494		 MARK KAYE SHOW, THE:
89		 LAST MAN STANDING:
164
7p SUNDAY NIGHT IN AMERICA.:
1649		 CNN NEWSROOM:
534		 — GORKA REALITY CHECK; THE:
128		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
88
8p LIFE, LIBERTY AND LEVIN:
1982		 CNN NEWSROOM:
521		 MEHDI HASAN SHOW:
478		 AMERICA BURNING:
113		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
61
9p NEXT REVOLUTION, THE:
1340		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
722		 AYMAN:
522		 WOKE AMERICA:
77		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
47
10p AMERICA?S GRANDMOTHER:
1089		 UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA:
694		 FIELD REPORT/ PAOLA RAMOS:
337		 GORKA REALITY CHECK; THE:
65		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
29
11p LIFE, LIBERTY AND LEVIN:
816		 UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA:
435		 STORIES WE TELL:
159		 ELVIS PRESLEY:
39		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
32

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY:
102		 NEW DAY WEEKEND:
66		 AYMAN:
41		 ALLEN JACKSON:
0		 —
7a FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY:
149		 NEW DAY WEEKEND:
60		 KATIE PHANG SHOW:
45		 WAKE UP AMERICA WEEKEND:
11		 —
8a FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY:
213		 INSIDE POLITICS:
65		 VELSHI:
59		 — —
9a FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY:
219		 STATE OF THE UNION:
93		 — — LAST MAN STANDING:
3
10a SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES:
234		 FAREED ZAKARIA: GPS:
115		 SUNDAY SHOW W/J. CAPEHART:
76		 NEW TO THE STREET:
2		 LAST MAN STANDING:
15
11a MEDIA BUZZ:
220		 RELIABLE SOURCES:
105		 — BENNY REPORT; THE:
7		 LAST MAN STANDING:
15
12p FOX NEWS LIVE:
180		 STATE OF THE UNION:
114		 ALEX WITT REPORTS:
63		 HUCKABEE:
9		 LAST MAN STANDING:
26
1p FOX NEWS LIVE:
164		 FAREED ZAKARIA: GPS:
114		 — DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
4		 LAST MAN STANDING:
25
2p FOX NEWS SUNDAY:
153		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN REPRTS:
47		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
10		 LAST MAN STANDING:
47
3p SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES:
107		 CNN NEWSROOM:
96		 — WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
9		 LAST MAN STANDING:
33
4p FOX NEWS LIVE:
118		 CNN NEWSROOM:
76		 SYMONE:
41		 80S: DECADE OF DECISION,:
3		 LAST MAN STANDING:
38
5p BIG SUNDAY SHOW, THE:
154		 CNN NEWSROOM:
83		 POLITICS NATION:
31		 GREG KELLY THIS WEEK:
3		 LAST MAN STANDING:
37
6p FOX REPORT WITH JON SCOTT:
157		 CNN NEWSROOM:
75		 AMERCAN VOICES /MENENDEZ:
38		 MARK KAYE SHOW, THE:
10		 LAST MAN STANDING:
44
7p SUNDAY NIGHT IN AMERICA.:
188		 CNN NEWSROOM:
83		 — GORKA REALITY CHECK; THE:
10		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
27
8p LIFE, LIBERTY AND LEVIN:
190		 CNN NEWSROOM:
78		 MEHDI HASAN SHOW:
31		 AMERICA BURNING:
8		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
7
9p NEXT REVOLUTION, THE:
138		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
97		 AYMAN:
54		 WOKE AMERICA:
8		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
10p AMERICA?S GRANDMOTHER:
91		 UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA:
120		 FIELD REPORT/ PAOLA RAMOS:
23		 GORKA REALITY CHECK; THE:
6		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
11p LIFE, LIBERTY AND LEVIN:
103		 UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA:
73		 STORIES WE TELL:
18		 ELVIS PRESLEY:
2		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
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