Gayle King’s journey into space aboard Bezos’ Blue Origin won’t help ‘CBS Mornings’ ratings —as they sink to record lows: sources

NY Post ^ | 10 Apr 2025 | Alexandra Steigrad

[Rummyfan]

“CBS Mornings” anchor Gayle King will blast off into space Monday – as the show’s ratings sink to record lows.

The ratings stunt — in which King will take an 11-minute ride into orbit along with pop star Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez, aboard her fiance Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin vessel — will do little to boost viewership because the show needs a major overhaul of its woke programming and lackluster anchors, industry experts told The Post.

“CBS Mornings” drew fewer than 2 million total viewers in each of the last two weeks of March, according to the most recent Nielsen ratings – falling farther behind rivals “GMA” and “Today.” Those shows pulled in 2.8 million and 2.6 million total viewers, respectively.

In 2017, when King co-hosted the show alongside anchors Charlie Rose and Norah O’Donnell, the perennially last-place program racked up an average of 3.6 million total viewers per week and was narrowing the gap on its rivals.

[Rummyfan]

Can we arrange for all three of them to remain up there?!

It's baffling that any of these shows have any audience at all. Gayle King, Friend of Oprah.... Stephenapolous, tool of the Clintons..... NBC? don't know anything about TODAY.....

[Rummyfan]

One of the sources pointed to a March 26 interview with “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner Bob the Drag Queen, who was publicizing his first novel, “Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert,” which the morning show’s website described as a “gender-bending story where the historic icon appears in modern-day America to tell her story through a hip-hop album.”

Gee, and I missed that!

[rottweiller_inc]

Even beyond that, if you listen closely, you’ll have a more-than-faint hint of panic coming from the “experts”. You see people are no longer reposing like their studies show they should and they are confused.

[lefty-lie-spy]

The only thing missing is the waterskis and the shark.

[Sirius Lee]

Bob the Drag Queen, who was publicizing his first novel, “Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert,” which the morning show’s website described as a “gender-bending story where the historic icon appears in modern-day America to tell her story through a hip-hop album.”

I'd like so see the Bee top that.

[Maris Crane]

CBS news has ALWAYS been ...CRAPOLA!!!

Nothing new here.

[Recovering_Democrat]

I have been watching morning news for many years. See BS was ONCE a reasonably informative and entertaining option.
.
Today, it is pure nausea. Woke, leftist, biased effluent.

[telescope115]

I’ll watch- I want to see the passengers’ reactions their experience. THAT IS, if the cameras aren’t unexpectedly turned off….

[twister881]

Ah yes, Oprah’s scissormate taking a 10 minute joy ride atop the Blue Veined Throbber rocket and aboard the MEATUS-1 capsule. That’ll solve CBS’ ratings problems.

[OttawaFreeper]

At least back in the day you had Joan Lunden on Good Morning America and Kathleen Sullivan on CBS This Morning, lol.

[HighSierra5]

BFD. Wake me up when that toy rocket goes into orbit. I’ve got bottle rockets that go farther up.

[RummyChick]

Brandi glanville has something very weird going on with her face . I wonder if Lauren Sanchez is thinking about what might happen to all of the chemicals in her body while in space.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Oh, FFS.

Will they repeatedly refer to her as ASTRONAUT KING like they did when Bezos went up?

[Cowgirl of Justice]

It does look like a penis - same with the smile logo.
What is it about Bez and penises?

[exPBRrat]

It’s baffling to me how people with a brain can watch that show.

[teeman8r]

Gayle has been looking nervous all week... perhaps it is because they are prepping the memorial show for her the day after the launch.

[Resolute Conservative]

I am wondering why I, or anybody cares what these 3 shrews do?

[Libloather]

[bert]

Harriet Tubman was a felon

[Falcon4.0]

That’s funny.