When Megyn Kelly left Fox News for NBC, pundits proclaimed it a masterstroke.
She was a hot name after her feud with Donald Trump.
But just weeks into her tenure at NBC, Kelly is suffering a fate she never imagined.
The ratings are in for the latest episode of her Sunday night news magazine program.
And it is not good.
Kelly’s latest offering drew the smallest audience in the program’s brief history so far.
Granted the program did air two hours later than normal due to the delayed NASCAR race, but the 2.71 million viewers who tuned in was less than a 3 year-old episode of Dateline that aired in place of Kelly’s show a few weeks ago.
And once again, Kelly’s show also drew fewer viewers than reruns of America’s Funniest Home Videos and 60 Minutes.
Breitbart reports:
“NBC’s Megyn Kelly could not even get 3 million total viewers this week, hitting another new low as her sunday newsmagazine show’s ratings continue to plummet.
Because of NASCAR’s rain-delayed and caution-filled Brickyard 400 race on Sunday, Kelly’s show aired at 9 p.m instead of 7 p.m. But she could not hold some of NASCAR’s audience, as Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly got just 2.71 million total viewers, down from her previous low of 3.1 million total viewers last week, according to Nielsen data.
She slightly improved in the 18-49 demo, getting a .5 rating compared to her .4 rating the previous two weeks. But, as Breitbart News has noted, absence did not make the heart grow fonder for Kelly.
Kelly took a week off during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, and she has failed to beat the years-old Dateline rerun that ran that weekend in total viewers and the key demo since her return. That years-old Dateline rerun got 3.73 million total viewers and a .5 rating in the key demo.
Since Kelly’s return, she has gotten 3.21 million total viewers, followed by 3.1 million total viewers, followed by 2.71 million total viewers. Though her show aired two hours later this week, it again got fewer viewers than reruns of 60 Minutes and America’s Funniest Home Videos.
As Breitbart News has pointed out, “Kelly’s disastrous ratings, in addition to giving Matt Lauer job security, have led executives to wonder whether her Sunday night program will even come back on the air after football season.”
The latest ratings disaster could be the final nail in the coffin for Kelly’s show.
NBC will soon begin televising Sunday night NFL games.
That means her show is scheduled for a month’s long hiatus.
Kelly is also scheduled to begin her daytime talk show in late September.
This schedule would allow NBC to quietly cancel her failed news magazine show while trumpeting her debut as the new host of the Today Show’s 9 AM hour.
It would be a face saving gesture.
But it is quite a fall from grace for Kelly who once drew accolades from liberal reporters for her personal attacks on Donald Trump during the GOP Presidential debates.
She is so screwed and she so deserves it.
And …… without a CLIMAX !
She was supposed to be the end all/be all and ended up another flash in a pan because of her lack of common sense. I have to say she earned exactly what she received.
MP that is what you get when you go against Trump, she should have seen what happened to the other 16 people.Trump has more brains than all of them put together. I
She earned over 15 million/year. You’re doing better than that?
I’ve said this before but in a nutshell–Megyn Kelly is a “PRETTY MESS”
Megyn . . . . there’s always one more step down; i.e., becoming the matching bookend to MadCow on MS-LSD 🙂
Well said, Rich! LOL!!
Karma sucks doesn’t it Megyn?
She was on a roll, and than she sold her SOUL.
Be careful of how you treat people while you’re on the way up because they will not feel sorry for you when you are on the way down. In fact, they will be gleeful.
That’s what happens when one get to big for their pants. She thought she was a hot TV commodity -people want news or entertainment not a self-centered ego maniac.
Move her to MSNBC. Let her be the lead-in for Rachel Madcow or let her follow the Madcow. I was actually a fan of Kelly before she and Chris Wallace attacked Donald Trump with such glee on that first debate. Their colleagues on Fox Business did much better with their debate.
Me, too. I was a fan of Kelly until she attacked would be President Trump during the debate. She sounded like a liberal puss during the debate. Kelly, you brought your downfall upon yourself during the debate. We don’t want to see or hear you.
I was a fan of them also. Wallace has lost me . I was a steady Fox News Sunday viewer–no more. Cris shows his distain for Trump in his facial expressions–not good.
I ALSO AGREE WITH YOU I NEVER WATCH HIM ANY MORE GO AWAY CHRIS WALLACE YOU ARE A SICK DEMOCRATE
Chris Wallace is just as bad as Kelly why Fox news keeps him I will never know stop watching every one he is bad NEWS AND THINKS HE IS A SMART BUT REALLY DUMB
I guess she was thinking she would keep her old Fox fans and get new ones via NBC. But, I’m not surprised one bit. She’s driven by her own ego and her narcissism. NOW, Oh poor NBC, they’re stuck with this albatross around their neck and signed a contract with her, where even if she fails and her ratings at 0, they still have to pay her, her $20 million. NBC’s news division is crumbling at their feet and are in huge financial trouble right now and can’t afford another loss.
Nice of Megyn to open the door for Liz Wheeler of OANN. Liz is on fire with wit and poise. If you haven’t watched her yet, you won’t be disapointed.
She never had it so good at Fox but she thought the big networks that is what she wanted to make it. She should have known 99% of the people at those so called Main Street Media would hope she would fail.
When you think that you are superior to other people and screw everyone around you it come back to bite you in your big rear!
Sorry Megyn! But there is just something about you that doesn’t spark real “trust”. It has nothing to do with your dislike for Donald Trump. That is your prerogative. It’s a perception based upon watching you and listening to you. I wish you well.
I won’t be watching if they actually go through with putting her in the 9:00 spot on the Today Show.
Nobody likes an angry woman.
Megyn is suffering from the Clinton flu. She thought she was a shoo-in but she’s heading for a boot-out!
haha….nice.
Just like a whole lot of liberals from actors, singers, sports figures and the like; Yes indeed they sure do/did have talent, but not enough to make up the difference when their mouth opens about politics and bitter nonsense comes out. They’re simply not smart enough to know when to keep their mouth shut!
Again I say I would really like to know who in their right mind would give credence to a bunch of Hypocritical Hollywierd Morons who reside in LA LA Land and earn (?) their living pretending to be someone else!!!! These HYPOCRITICAL CLOWNS have the brain of a pebble and need someone else to put words in their mouths in order for them to appear semi literate. Listening to them speak without a script speaks volumes for their character intellect and or sophistication (or lack thereof)!!!
No body watches NBC or Kelly, she thinks she is more important than she is,she had a huge audience at Fox, now it’s over for her.
Well it finally is revealed. She is little than a lying skank. Not a real surprise.
As the old saying goes, ya wanna play ya gotta pay. She deserves everything coming to her & I think it’s hilarious.
WHO????……..
Poor dumb blond thought that was all she needed was what do many males crave. Not enough.
She doesn’t have a see-thru desk on nbc, which fox used to pimp her with, with her approval of course. It was all just a plot to put a dent in Fox News evening dominance and she was rewarded financially for helping to make that occur.
didn’t they cancle her yet
Stick a fork in her, she’s done!
HA HA HA
Libtards that watche the major Fake News Networks along with their PC ridden shows, don’t generally embrace someone coming over from Fox News. Plus the low IQ of most demtards lends itself to America’s Funniest Home Videos and other idiotic shows.
Her husband better go back to work!
It just proves that FOX made Megyn, Megyn didn’t make FOX.
Good point, she was sandwiched in between the highest rated Fox show, O’Reilly Factor and one of it’s highest, Hannity. Hard to screw that up and at one time she was considered ‘eye candy’ between the two guys. When she continually attacked Trump and then cut her colored locks, her ratings dropped.
Exactly!
say good bye kelly
To use some common sense she used to have a forced lead in from Bill O’Reilley but now no one seeks her out for her own broadcast. She is no better than your average commentator. They are a dime a dozen on all other broadcast networks. Sorry to say it but “bye, bye, Kelly!! Once you align with Fox you can’t go back to the crap networks and be successful.
NBC took a chance and lost. Megyn still walks away with 10’s of millions no matter what happens.
She is so in love with herself. I wouldn’t watch her if someone paid me. I can’t stand her stuck up ass.
megyn should have kept lying about who she really was. instead it might be the beginning of the end for a most overrated nontalent. a pretty face will only take you so far. the night she went after donald was her waterloo. amf.
She will be missed, but not by anyone i know.
Howard Stern describer her in terms I can’t bring myself to describe but it was what young boys do to pictures of hot chicks. I was put of by her thinking she was still a lawyer cross examining a witness–a hostile witness at that. Everybody hates to be cross examined.
If she softened her looks and took a sweeter attitude she could get ratings but she won’t do that-=-it is the nature of the beast.
I wish I’d watched the show now, I only heard of her because of Trump. Would like’d to have seen what all the hoopla is about.
GOOD BYE MK!
Lack of education but lots of indocternation
Megan will survive even without a job at this point. She can laugh all the way to the bank, go home and enjoy her family now, never having to work again. I think I’m happy for her and glad at the same time we won’t be having to watch her on TV much longer, Good deal all around except for NBC.
Americans don’t trust her. she has zero interest from America.
Get her back on Fox news. I thought she was great.
MARK ARE YOU KIDDING OR JUST PLAIN NUTS
Self-inflicted sold out to liberals got screwed
Be careful of the, “Open Mouth, Insert Foot” Syndrome…
she sure deserves ever thing she gets she has no respect for no one not even her self she is no lady put her in the swine pit she does not know enough to respect the president go away Kelly no one wants you