A Christmas Carol For The Dead Media: CNN & MSNBC Got Beat By The Hallmark Channel In Recent Ratings

Posted • November 25, 2024: We know it's been bad times for the dead legacy media, but whoo, baby. Even we didn't know it was this bad. With Thanksgiving just a few days away, America is getting fully ensconced in the Christmas season. One of the hallmarks (pardon the pun) of that season every year is the constant run of Christmas movies on The Hallmark Channel. Most of these movies are generally wholesome and uplifting, if a little bit cheesy and more than a little bit formulaic. (Except for that one with Gary Sinise and Joely Richardson. That one is AWESOME!) So, it is not surprising that Hallmark would see a ratings jump as America looks to them for heartwarming romances and other Christmas-related content. But to jump over not one but TWO cable news channels? That's got to be pretty humiliating for CNN and MSNBC. Watch as Patrick Bet-David revels in rubbing the salt in the fatal wounds of the cable networks:

OMG! CNN and MSNBC ratings have lost out to Hallmark. Hallmark has more viewers than CNN or MSNBC. 🤣🤭😂 Kudos to Bet-David for the excellent Allen Iverson callback reference at the end of that clip. But losing to Hallmark? No wonder Warner Brothers is pulling out its firing axe for CNN talent and Comcast is putting MSNBC up for sale. Somewhere out there, Lacey Chabert (the queen of Hallmark) must be having a BIG old laugh. And the city girl wins the heart of the rugged flannel-shirted Chad with a heart of gold. Suck on that, Maddow! As we mentioned, Hallmark Christmas movies can be pretty formulaic. That's the plot of at least half of them. But viewers obviously love that formula more than Rachel Maddow's formula of gaslighting her viewers and melting down about the election. (…)

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