That's why I think there are two legs chairs on Raising America, when they actually have a show and not a pregame show for whatever show trial HLN has.

Art & Melvin may need 2 DVR's if Kate shows her bermuda triangle while Gretchen shows hers

"New Day," CNN's new entry into the morning-show fray, drew mixed ratings with its Monday premiere.

The show, anchored by Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan, drew 247,000 total viewers including 95,000 in the key 25-54 demographic.

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The good news for "New Day" is that those numbers represent gains over the same week last year for CNN, when it aired "Early Start" and "Starting Point" in the time period.

Though the comparison is a bit apples-to-oranges, since there's only one day of data for "New Day" available, the same week a year ago averaged 198,000 total viewers and 89,000 in the demo. Which puts the "New Day" premiere ahead by 25 percent versus the same week in total viewers, and by 7 percent in the demo.

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Compared to a week ago Monday, "New Day" also performed favorably, growing 19 percent in the demo (though suffering a slight 7 percent decline in total viewers).

On the other side of the coin, "New Day" was down 41 percent in the demo compared to CNN's May 2013 average in the timeslot, and 35 percent in total viewers compared to the network's May average.

"New Day" still has a way to go before catching up with its cable competitors in the 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. timeslot. Stacked up against the offerings on Fox News Channel, MSNBC and HLN, "New Day" was third in total viewers, behind Fox's "Fox & Friends," which drew 1.06 million -- a little over four times the "New Day" total viewership -- and MSNBC's "Morning Joe," which drew 355,000. ("New Day" did beat out "Morning Express" on CNN sister station HLN, which had 215,000 total viewers on Monday.)

In the demo, "New Day" placed fourth, behind 262,000 viewers for "Fox & Friends," 132,000 for "Morning Joe" and 121,000 for "Morning Express."

It is always shocking how few viewers actually watch these things (other than fox news, but even that for the runaway leader is such a small part of the country).

I just don't see how this show is going to work - I thought Cuomo was tv cyanide during the Boston run-on coverage, and Kate B has no personality and then they hire a chunky news reader. But, the biggest problem is that no one watches CNN anymore - people like their views parroted at them and/or people yelling/arguing/bitching/creating strawmen/creating slippery slopes.

So far, Mr. Morning show has milked Boston to the point of disgrace and created what at first look seems like a destined to fail morning show. He does not seem like he's going to be there long.

Kate's great but I think they chose the wrong Bolduan/Baldwin. I think Brooke Baldwin was a much better fit as a morning show co-host. Kate could have then taken Michaela's spot as the news reporter, which I think is a better role for her.

Yeah, given that there are 300 million people in this country the percentage who tune in is really low.....the network news broadcasts still draw the biggest viewership (although O'Reilly has been catching up).

I think it's too early to tell how the show will do but so far I think they are not going to succeed if they are doing so many weather reports and such......I tune in to my local channels in the AM for that if I don't have my computer on. In the bigger picture, I think that New Day's content mirrors CNN's content which is part of the problem with CNN as a straight news channel......so many people can go on CNN's webpage and browse the news of the day and pick and choose over what to be informed about. Gone are the days when we had CNN and the morning papers to find out what was going on in the world.....the internet was the worst thing that could happen to CNN and the viability of it's brand.

I'm sure they will tweak the show as it progresses. Maybe they should add some fluff and have cooking segments and so on......Fox and Friends does, and while I think their audience is more partisan oriented they keep things lively with segments like that.

I must be the only person that watches news shows for news first and looks secondary
I know I get pictures of them but what they are saying is way more important than what they look like

CNN should not try to copy somebody else in layout. Just be professional about it and do the news.
Legs and/or cleavage doesn't change the story! It might be nice to see but it should be news first

I must be the only person that watches news shows for news first and looks secondary
I know I get pictures of them but what they are saying is way more important than what they look like

CNN should not try to copy somebody else in layout. Just be professional about it and do the news.
Legs and/or cleavage doesn't change the story! It might be nice to see but it should be news first