Despite intensive promoting and securing President Biden’s final television interview of his time period, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell’s interview rankings misplaced out in a serious demographic to comedy exhibits and reruns on different platforms.
O’Donnell’s interview with Biden that took up the present’s hour drew 1.2 million complete viewers and simply 97,000 within the essential 25-54 age demographic.
Repeats of “Seinfeld,” “Family Guy”, “Friends,” “The Office,” in addition to an episode of “South Park” had been a few of the exhibits that received over MSNBC’s interview with individuals between the ages of 25-54.
During the ten p.m. ET hour, when O’Donnell’s interview with Biden aired, Fox News Channel commanded a 68% share of complete cable information viewers and 71% amongst viewers between the ages of 25-54, whereas MSNBC had 23% and 15%, respectively.
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MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell interviewed President Biden final week in considered one of his remaining appearances earlier than leaving workplace. (Getty Images)
While O’Donnell was overwhelmed out by multiple comedy shows amongst cable tv viewers, his interview with Biden was extra extremely rated than the prior week.
O’Donnell’s rankings have dropped year-over-year from 2023-2024 with a number of age demographics, nevertheless. The rankings for “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” declined 5% in complete viewers, 6% with individuals between 25-54 and 12% with ages 18-49 from 2023 to 2024.
O’Donnell’s present was additionally down 41% in complete viewers, down 45% with A25-54 and down 38% with A18-49 from Dec. 2023 to Dec. 2024. O’Donnell was down 19% with complete viewers, down 13% with ages 25-54 and down 85% with ages 18-49 from quarter 4 of 2023 to quarter 4 of 2024.
President Biden mentioned the legacy of his administration with MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell. (MSNBC screenshot)
In 2024, Fox News Channel’s time slot rival to O’Donnell “Gutfeld” had a bonus of 69% in complete viewers, and 152% increased rankings within the 25-54 age demo and 173% increased rankings within the 18-49 demo.
O’Donnell praised Biden all through his interview with the president, telling him that he pulled off a “magic trick” with passing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and mixing “home and international coverage” as president.
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