Gayle King and Charles Barkley’s new CNN present, “King Charles,” suffered its worst rankings but this week.
Feb. 2 2024, Printed 4:30 p.m. ET
Gayle King and Charles Barkley’s new CNN present, King Charles, suffered its worst rankings but this week, RadarOnline.com can report.
In a shocking growth to come back simply weeks after King Charles launched on CNN on November 29, the brand new information program co-hosted by King and Barkley barely introduced in additional than 400,000 whole viewers throughout its newest episode.
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The brand new information program co-hosted by King and Barkley barely introduced in additional than 400,000 whole viewers throughout its newest episode.
In line with numbers shared by Nielsen, King Charles’s Wednesday episode solely introduced in a complete of 402,000 viewers.
Of the 402,000 viewers who tuned on this week, solely 89,000 have been of the all-important 25-54 promoting demographic.
Different reveals that aired similtaneously King Charles on Wednesday night time – reminiscent of repeats of Seinfeld, Associates, Fashionable Household, Everyone Loves Raymond, and South Park – acquired much better rankings than King and Barkley’s new CNN present.
In line with Nielsen, Wednesday night time’s episode of King Charles marked the primary time the present did not garner greater than 100,000 viewers within the 25-54 promoting demographic.
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In line with numbers shared by Nielsen, “King Charles” solely introduced in a complete of 402,000 viewers when it aired on Wednesday at 10 PM.
The present’s rankings on Wednesday night time have been down a whopping 20% in whole viewers in comparison with its premiere on November 29. It was additionally down a startling 36% within the 25-54 demo in comparison with its November premiere.
In the meantime, King Charles has principally failed to herald greater than 500,000 whole viewers in its seven weeks since launch.
Though the present premiered with a modest 501,000 whole viewers on November 29, it has dropped steadily within the weeks since – apart from one episode on January 17 that noticed a robust 517,000 whole viewers tune in.
As RadarOnline.com beforehand reported, the numbers shared by Nielsen this week don’t bode effectively for the way forward for King Charles regardless of the actual fact it solely premiered seven weeks in the past.
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Of the 402,000 viewers who tuned on this week, solely 89,000 have been of the all-important 25-54 promoting demographic.
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In December, simply two weeks after the present launched, media insiders instructed that CNN was already reconsidering the King and Barkley-led program.
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Sources near CNN cited King and Barkley’s conflicting personalities as one cause why King Charles might not final so long as the community’s execs had as soon as hoped.
“Gayle enjoys being breezy and conversational however she nonetheless considers herself a critical journalist,” one insider defined in December.
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Sources near CNN cited King and Barkley’s conflicting personalities as one cause why King Charles might not final so long as the community’s execs had as soon as hoped.
“In the meantime, Charles has a method he is honed as a TV sports activities commentator — boastful, outrageous and all the time with an opinion, even when it is not factual and he is aware of little to nothing in regards to the matter,” the supply added.
One other media insider expressed related considerations about the way forward for King Charles.
“Gayle tells Charles he ought to actually examine up on critical subjects they focus on on their King Charles present and actually pore over the producer’s notes to bone up on a topic,” that supply spilled. “However Charles is like: I obtained to be me.”
“CNN needs this present to be one thing everybody talks about, however Gayle does not need it to be on the expense of her repute,” they added.