CNN, Fox News and MSNBC Could Face Post-Trump Bumps as They Seek Viewers and Revenue

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAdvertisers in next year’s Super Bowl are hoping they will get to party like it’s pre-pandemic 2020.Earlier this year, Fox Corporation took in about $600 million in advertising revenue for its broadcast of Super Bowl LIV and pre- and post-game coverage, Lachlan Murdoch, the company’s executive chairman, said earlier this year.

A day after President Donald Trump said he would “certainly” leave the White House if the Electoral College casts its votes for President-elect Joe Biden, he offered a caveat on Twitter on Friday amid a flurry of posts that included retweeting Newsmax and OANN and even a BBC wildlife documentary clip. He also said he would travel to Georgia on the day of the state’s two Senate runoff elections.

Donald Trump, a sinister-looking Randy Quaid is seen in a closeup with flashing lights illuminating his bearded face as he intones, “Fox News daytime ratings have completely collapsed.”Did the actor, who posted his proclamation nearly two weeks ago, know what he was talking about?Fox's daytime viewership dropped 32 percent from the two weeks prior to Election Day to the two weeks after, the Nielsen company said.The post-election, weekday average daytime viewership of 1.63 million was roughly

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAnother media outlet is getting ready to vie for fans of sentimental stories in the industry’s massive holiday-programming wars.Fox Nation, the streaming-video hub that is part of Fox News Media, will launch its first holiday movie, “Christmas in the Rockies,” later this week, part of a new holiday salvo that is expected to include two other projects, “Christmas on the Range” and “Christmas on the Coast.” “Rockies” will be available on Fox Nation starting

Christmas movies are big business. Just as Hallmark Channel, or Netflix, or Lifetime, all of which have invested heavily in the light, seasonal fare.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe sight of President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, throwing off conspiracy theories and hair dye yesterday in TV’s once-humdrum daytime hours, would not too long ago have proven to be catnip that no TV-news outlet could resist. Yesterday, many of them did.Few if any of the nation’s TV-news outlets aired live Thursday’s press conference from the legal team spearheading the president’s efforts to overturn the election.

Ted Johnson President Donald Trump teased a press conference featuring Rudy Giuliani, his personal attorney now leading his challenge of the election results, and for sheer theatrics, it did not disappoint.“Well, that easily was the most outlandish press conference ever held by a team of lawyers representing the President of the United States,” wrote National Review editor Rich Lowry.Fox News carried the marathon presser live and in its entirety, along with Trump-supporting networks One America

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCaptify, a specialist in consumer search data, named Brendan Condon, a former senior executive for the ad-sales unit of Comcast’s cable division, as its global chief revenue officer, a sign that the company sees opportunity as the media industry starts to focus more heavily on how consumers utilize video delivered by broadband.Condon is charged with driving new growth opportunities for Captify, which delivers real-time consumer insights based on data from

Donald Trump, Newsmax television personality Grant Stinchfield is puffing out his chest.“They don't know what to do with all of us,” Stinchfield said on the air Monday night. “We're killing it here on Newsmax with a tactic they've never tried.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS News will launch a four-part investigative series this evening across two of its best-known programs and it has nothing to do with President Trump, the coronavirus pandemic, or the results of the 2020 election.Norah O’Donnell spent a year and a half looking into how the U.S.

Wall Street Journal, Hicks Equity Partners, a firm connected to the Republican National Committee, is looking to raise $200 million for a potential pro-Trump news network. As part of their plans, Hicks Equity would invest in Newsmax to develop it into a major cable news and video streaming news network.Since the election earlier this month, Newsmax has seen a notable increase in viewers, as it has supported Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that the election was stolen from him.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNewsmax may be focused on conservative audiences, but it has very liberal views of where its business can go in the future as an independent news operation.The top executive of the news outlet said the company intends to move forward on its own, and noted Newsmax has little desire to turn the network, which has seen its ratings pop since the presidential election, into a TV outlet focused largely on a forum for a post-White House Donald Trump.“Newsmax would never

Also Read: Tucker Carlson Apologizes Over 'Dead' Georgia Voter Who Isn't Dead (Video)That’s when things heated up again, as Vittert was perturbed by Perrine’s use of “you guys” referencing the media.“You guys? Who are you lumping everyone together with?” He asked, to which she mentioned the media. “The media in general? Now it’s just you attack everybody if they don’t agree with you.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News Channel will try its hand at sports this weekend when it presents a one-hour special led by veteran sportscaster Jim Gray.During the program, “Talking to GOATs with Jim Gray,” the sports journalist and “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade will talk about Gray’s more than 40 years in sports and present some of his interviews with sports giants like Tom Brady (pictured, above), Mike Tyson and Julius Erving.Fox News has in recent months placed some

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News veteran Geraldo Rivera said via Twitter Friday that President Trump will in the end leave the White House if states certify a victory for Joe Biden, but wants to continue to fight.Rivera said he had a conversation with Trump Friday, which he described as a “heartfelt phone call” with a “friend.”“He seemed like a heavyweight champion who is behind in points leading into the final round, but determined to fight on, knowing all the refs have scored the

Ted Johnson Donald Trump launched into a series of rage retweets against Fox News, amid a report that he wants to start a streaming rival to the network.Trump also tweeted himself, “@FoxNews daytime ratings have completely collapsed. Weekend daytime even WORSE.

One Fox News anchor is not impressed with this pro-Donald Trump lawyer on the program.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKen Dilanian, an NBC News correspondent, shook up the morning routine at MSNBC on Tuesday when he uttered profanity instead of relaying news to anchor Craig Melvin as expected.Dilanian appeared not to realize he was about to go on the air live, and instead of responding to Melvin’s introduction, let loose with two curse words one isn’t supposed to say during a TV news segment.

Ted Johnson Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto cut off a Trump campaign press conference in which Kayleigh McEnany alleged “illegal voting” and fraud but did not offer proof to back it up.Trump’s team has been making claims that the election is being stolen from him, but it is part of an effort to sow doubt about the results, even though networks have projected Joe Biden the winner and he is likely to win the electoral and popular vote by substantial margins.McEnany is the White House Press Secretary,

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorRachel Maddow, the most-watched anchor on the MSNBC lineup, will come off the air for a period of time after a close contact tested positive for exposure to coronavirus.“I’ve tested negative thus far, but will be at home quarantining ’til it’s safe for me to be back at work without putting anyone at risk,” Maddow said in a message posted Friday on social media. MSBNC declined to elaborate on the statement.Maddow’s 9 p.m.