The Ratings for Fredo's Return to TV

Nexstar and News Nation spent a lot of time and effort pushing the fact that fired CNN host Chris Cuomo was going to make his first TV appearance since getting whacked at CNN.

So, how did Fredo’s return do in the ratings?

The Cuomo comeback ranked 654th in all of television yesterday, averaging only 14,000 viewers in the key demo and 187,000 in total viewers.

In fact, the Fredo exclusive wasn’t even the highest-rated show on News Nation. Multiple reruns of Blue Bloods pulled in better ratings.

The Cuomo/Abrams hour on NewsNation fell to Fox News host Sean Hannity, who delivered 1112% more than NN with 2.3 million viewers and 2000% more in the demo with 294,000 viewers,

CNN’s CNN Tonight, Cuomo’s previous timeslot, delivered 574,000 viewers and 138,000 in A25-54 while MSNBC’s MSNBC Prime averaged 1,388,000 viewers and 101,000 in A25-54.

I think the suits at News Nation were expecting better.