Rough Start: Alex Wagner’s New MSNBC Show Gets Smoked by Fox in Debut

The far-left pundit will be on Tuesday Alex WagnerWith her new primetime show, she made her formal return with MSNBC Alex Wagner Tonight That will be aired Tuesday-Friday nights instead of Rachel Maddow (whose contract gives her the right to). Make sure she has a slotOn Mondays According to Nielsen Media Research, it struggled in comparison to the Fox News Channel with a lowly 183,000 views in the key 25-54 demo compared to 404,000 for FNC’s Hannity.

Wagner’s launch — which featured some cringeworthy technical difficulties — drew 2.04 million total viewers compared to Sean Hannity’s 3.1 million total viewers.

Hannity tripled his earnings CNN Tonight’s 866,000 total viewers and 176,000 in the demo, Wagner did manage to blow the CNN out of the water and was MSNBC’s top-rated show for the day in both metrics.

It is not surprising, however, that CNN’s 9:00 Eastern Hour is being handled by several rotating anchors. CNN Newsroom host Alisyn Camerota at the desk this week), that’s not exactly saying much.

On the other side, Alex Wagner TonightIn total viewers, FNC showed seven shows that finished second to CNN and 13 FNC shows.

Geoff Dickens WriteWagner had a long record of bias at MSNBC, where she was both a fill-in host or failed host on her midday show Now With Alex Wagner. She also has an extensive history at Showtime with The Circus as co-host.

Tim Graham is also available Had a great story this week about Wagner in which she told Deadline that her show will be focusing on “dismantl[ing]Or at the very least, undercut[ting]” right-wing lies.

Over at The Washington Post, Jeremy Barr They seemed to be enthusiastic by Wagner’s show and allowed her to insist she’s still “a journalist” even though “Wagner leans left on many issues.”

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