Hillary Interview Ratings Underwhelm on CNN and Fox

Mediaite ^ | 18 Jun 2014 | Matt Wilstein

[mandaladon]

Hillary Clinton sat down for two heavily-promoted interviews on cable news Tuesday evening, but they did not deliver the blockbuster ratings CNN and Fox News were likely expecting — or at least hoping for.

Clinton’s town hall-style event with Christiane Amanpour was a distant second place at 5 p.m. and dropped to third when it re-aired in primetime at 9 p.m. And while her joint interview with Fox’s Bret Baier and Greta Van Susteren did keep Fox News in first place at 6 and 7 p.m., the numbers paled in comparison to the rest of Fox’s evening lineup.

Beginning with CNN, the 5 p.m. hour averaged 115K viewers in the 25-54 demo and 521K total viewers. That put it barely ahead of MSNBC’s The Ed Show, which had 105K in the demo and 506K total viewers. Meanwhile, Fox’s The Five led the time slot with 336K in the demo and 1.876M total viewers.

When CNN re-aired the interview at 9 p.m. its number increased slightly to 146K in the demo and 593K in the demo. While those were the best ratings CNN had all night, it still put them in third place for the hour behind Fox’s The Kelly File (377K in the demo, 2.126M total) and MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show (168K in the demo, 918K total).

Relatively speaking, things did not look all that much better for Fox. That network split its Clinton interview between the last 15 minutes of Special Report with Bret Baier at 6 p.m. and the first 15 minutes of On the Record with Greta Van Susteren at 7 p.m. The first hour averaged 271K in the demo and 1.779M total viewers, which represented a nearly 20% drop in the demo compared to The Five an hour earlier.

[Carl Vehse]

"Bottom line is that Hillary is history."

Unfortunately with DemonicRat politicians it seems that sometimes they're too big to flush down the toilet.

[CharleysPride]

Madame Inevitability indeed!

[Jmouse007]

That is because the overwhelming majority of American CITIZENS have absolutely no desire to listen to Hillery LIE to them about everything to their faces, just as the present "liar and chief" has been doing since taking office and turning the White House into the white hut.

No one in their right mind, who knows exactly WHAT Hillery IS wants anything to do with her or to listen to anything she has to say about anything! Why? Because to quote Hillery: "What difference does it make?" Everything she says is a lie!

Besides, Hillery, despite her protests to the contrary, has a HISTORY! We also remember her never-ending scandals while she was "co-president" with Billy. We also remember her stealing the White House silverware (along with everything else that wasn't nailed down when her and Billy boy were on their way out the door. As if all of the scandals of the past were not enough to disqualify her from any public office. To top it all off; Hillery's "crowning achievement: Hillery presided over the wanton murder of the first American Ambassador to be killed (and sodomized) since the 70's! And what did she do to rescue him? What did her Heinous do to save any of the others who were with him? Who were desperately BEGGING the White House and State Department (of which Hillery was solely in charge) to send the military which was ready, willing and able to assist in their rescue and salvation while they were still in the process of being attacked by Muslim terrorists for hours?

NOTHING!

But as her Heinous said in her defense: "What difference does it make?"

[yoe]

The Fog of Hillary is just too thick and her bug eyed over-the-top explanations are truly tiresome plus when listening to her, one has to require a willing suspension of disbelief.

[CARTOUCHE]

Oh No No No, it’s Jerry Brown’s turn. He’s mucked up California why not have a chance to do the same for the nation?

[glorgau]

Hillary giving an interview is nothing but a bunch of meaningless platitudes. Nobody watches because they know how much content or actual opinions are going to be expressed.

[Christie at the beach]

Is she still poor? Pathetic interview. Obama best turn on her before she turns on him because she will do it. She is the biggest liar. She is trying to smooth over all of the wrongs that she did while at the State Department. She is getting away with much cover-ups very easily.

[mom.mom]

Hillary is boring and unattractive. And people wonder why a a book about her is not selling?

Where’s the intellect?

[haircutter]

Nancy Pelosi must have found the time to teach Hillary the ‘hand dance’ program she uses in her podium speeches...Hillary really put her lessons to use with Brett and Greta last night..she actually had me and hubby laughing..cut off her hands and she will be lost...

[publius911]

Hillary Interview Ratings Underwhelm on CNN and Fox

Maybe I'm not the only viewer who switches channels or mutes the program when Omugabe or Ol' Pianolegs appear on screen?

Never takes more than 0.08 seconds.

[publius911]

Please, can we be finally done with the Clintoons?

She actually said that she might choose retirement and be just a grandmother...

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !

[publius911]

Sorry.
I didn't mean that to sound like child abuse...

[Taxman]

LIEberals LIE!

HItlery is a LIEberal!

Hitlery LIES!

[Taxman]

I agree that the USA will suffer the slings and barbs of outrageous fortune for many years for allowing Slick, Hitlery, Ophonybama et al access to the levers of power.

But, I don’t have to suffer in silence! And, I won’t!

I’ll oppose them and their like-minded fellow travelers with every fiber of my being!

We conservatives are at war with the LIEberals, and I intend to do my part to take it to them at every opportunity.

I may not be able to do much, but I can do a little bit to defeat the evil that the LIEberals represent!

I also have some money, some time and some talent, and I intend to use what time, talent and treasure I have to help other conservatives drive a stake through the heart of the LIEberal ideology!

[Liz]

The only "good" thing to come out of Hillary's disastrous book tour is the new campaign cry: "Another Clinton administration? Are you nuts."(Cackle) Will look nice on a bumper sticker.

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Even more delicious is that Hillary's disastrous book roll-out was managed by Dudester Tommy Vietor---Obama's van-driver with ntl security clearance who Obama appointed his NSA advisor; Vietor sat in on WH Situation Room crisis meetings.

Feel safer, now, America?

DUDESTER VIETOR offered up a truly laughable assesment of Hillary''s hellish book tour. “The Secretary enjoyed spending this week talking about 'Hard Choices' and working with President Obama to restore America’s leadership in the world,” he said in an email. “She’ll continue to be relaxed, candid and direct.”

Must be auditioning for a SNL job--producing comical skits.

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