Chuck Todd is continuing his downward spiral as his show โMeet the Pressโ just recorded its lowest ratings numbers since he took over the NBC Sunday show in 2014.
Todd has seen his ratings sink like a stone over the last few months.
After taking over the show from David Gregory in 2014, Todd just delivered his worst ratings period since he was put in the Sunday morning chair.
โThis does not augur well for Chuck,โ a television industry insider said.
โChuck lost his gig at MSNBC and the guise that heโd rather leave MSNBC completely and focus on Meet the Press on Sunday.
โBut when you are focusing on the Sunday show and it is in freefall, perhaps you have to consider whether it is you and not the show itself that is driving viewers away.
โNBC News Chairman Cesar Conde must really be concerned.
โThis is like David Gregory all over again.โ
According to Radaronline:
โIn top-secret ratings data that has caught the attention of network brass, RadarOnline.com has learned Meet The Press โ the longest running show in television history โ recorded its lowest-rated quarter over the April-May-June period.
โTodd peaked at more than 4 million viewers in the first quarter of 2017 (January-February-March) in the midst of Donald Trumpโs presidency.
โBut in recent Nielsen Media Research ratings, the magic number faded to a paltry 2.4 million โ shaving off a third of the notoriously goateed anchorโs audience.
โMaking matters even worse for the Peacock network and its executive, Todd has also been in ratings free fall with viewers in the younger A25-54 demo.โ
NBS issued a statement when the network moved Toddโs daily show on MSNBC to the streaming-only platform:
โBuilding on its position as the nationโs fastest-growing streaming news network, NBC News NOW will add new anchors and original shows to its lineup of daily programming.
โChuck was one of the first broadcast anchors to see the massive potential of streaming and bringing Meet the Pressโs daily franchise to NBC News NOW reinforces the platformโs status as the destination for news on streaming,โ the statement said
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