A look at the total day cable ratings for the week of December 16th - December 22nd as the impeachment of President Trump was in full swing, shows that Fox News topped all of cable in the ratings with MSNBC coming in at No. 2.

How bad was it for CNN?

They got beat by the Hallmark Channel.

Ouch!

Here is the numbers break down from Nielsen:

Week of December 16th - December 22nd total day:

1. FOX NEWS CHANNEL (1,735,000)
2. MSNBC (1,012,000)
3. HALLMARK CHANNEL (957,000)
4. CNN (778,000)
5. ESPN (731,000)

So, you might be saying to yourself, sure that’s total day, let’s look at Primetime numbers where CNN has their stars, I’ll bet that CNN won’t be No. 4 in the ratings then?

And, you’re right, in primetime, CNN is not No.4, they slide down to No. 5 and are still getting beat by the Hallmark Channel.

Basic Cable Top 5 – Primetime

1. FOX NEWS CHANNEL (3,144,000)
2. ESPN (2,197,000)
3. MSNBC (1,826,000)
4. HALLMARK (1,730,000)
5. CNN (1,500,000)

And yet, somehow, Jeff Zucker still has a job.