‘Morning Joe’ Viewership Drops 17% After Joe and Mika Meet With Trump

Ratings in the key cable demo also declined 38% from the first to second hour of Monday’s broadcast

Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough a 2021 event in NYC
"Morning Joe" hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough (Credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

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Update: While the 6 a.m. hour — when the hosts revealed their meeting with Trump — had a live-plus-same-day viewership of 839,000, new Nielsen figures provided by MSNBC shows that 413,000 viewers within the total audience for the hour came from time-shifted viewing from viewers who watched the show from their DVR recording later in the day on Monday, Nov. 18. As news of the hosts’ announcement circulated throughout the day, time-shifted viewing for the 6 a.m. hour was up 77% compared to the prior week’s average viewing.

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