"I love him. Just for so many people, this is a very tough day. This is an unfortunate reality across a lot of industries these days, especially ours."
It ranked as cable's top adults 25-54 performance of the week (ending Jan. 1) outside of ESPN's football coverage and Paramount Network's "Yellowstone" and prequel series "1923".
Cuomo remained stagnant with viewers in the 25-54-year-old demographic, with only 8,000 viewers, which is what NewsNation was averaging in primetime before the new show debuted.
For the 6:00 AM to noon Eastern period, Fox News was, by far, tops on cable with 1.97 million total viewers including 298,000 within the key 25-54 demographic. CNN's morning ratings received a hefty boost from its normal levels, averaging 1.52 million viewers.
"I love him. Just for so many people, this is a very tough day. This is an unfortunate reality across a lot of industries these days, especially ours."
"I don't think they felt comfortable that Ryan Clark would be able to hold that in. So, they let him go for the day and then pulled him off air before he had a chance."