April #’s: CNN Down 38 Percent In Demo Compared To Same Month Last Year

FNC’s 19 percent primetime decline in the demo compared to April 2005 is pretty steep. But it’s nothing compared to CNN’s 38 percent primetime plunge.

Last April, Aaron Brown was averaging 307,000 young viewers a night. This April, Anderson Cooper averaged 198,000:

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Click here for a similar chart showing total viewership. It’s not pretty either, with a 21 percent drop for Zahn, 15 percent drop for King, and 23 percent drop for Cooper…

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