There is no doubt that Nexstar put a lot of time and effort into promoting their launch of News Nation on WGN America.

The company basically took all the promotion time from their 200 stations and used it to promote their new cable newscast.

So, how did it do in the ratings?

According to Nielsen Media Research, I don’t think Fox News, CNN or MSNBC are shaking in their boots just yet.

News Nation pulled in 133,000 viewers in their debut launch. The show pulled in 34,000 in the demo.

To put that in perspective, Tucker Carlson pulled in almost 5 million viewers on Fox News. Even Shark Tank reruns on CNBC beat News Nation by more than 100,000 viewers.

Comparing the News Nation numbers to the 3rd quarter ratings for WGN America, it shows that NN dropped 33% in total viewers and almost 50% in the demo.

But, there was some good news.

The Nexstar cable newscast did beat NewsMax TV.