Oh those network wars. Sean Hannity closed out his Monday show by laughingly mocking the woeful ratings George Stephanopoulos garnered for his recent big interview with President Trump.
The prime-time Sunday night “Special Edition 20/20” interview with President Trump came in third place in its time slot, drawing fewer viewers than “Celebrity Family Feud” in the previous week’s same position.
Laura Ingraham made an attempt to defend the ratings a bit by pointing out the interview was up against the U.S. Open golf championship.
Not above boasting about his own better ratings when he did just a phone interview with Trump, Hannity was clearly relishing the chance to lay into the former Bill Clinton press secretary.
“Our ‘Villain of the Day,’ Little Georgie Stephanopoulos, Clinton hack, so-called ABC journalist garnering–look at these horrible ratings for his one-hour special with the president,” Hannity said. “We did a phone interview with the President for I think 45 minutes of the show right here on “Hannity.
“To be on a network and get your ass kicked and I only did a phone interview––by little ol’ Sean Hannity––he needs to just pack it up. Because that is humiliating for him,” he continued.
Ingraham was cracking up before adding, “What I don’t understand is, did they shrink the presidential limo? They looked like they were spooning with each other in there. A little too close for me.”
“Remember, Hannity, the movie “Twins” with Danny Devito and Schwarzenegger?” Ingraham was clearly feeling it, as the two were unable to keep from snickering. “Something didn’t look right in that back seat.”
“You know, I open the window a little bit for trouble, and you dive through it after you throw a chair through and break the window open,” Hannity said.
“Well, it’s 10 o’clock,” the incoming host said. “Things change at 10.”
Watch the hilarious exchange here …
Video by Fox News
The “20/20” interview on Sunday drew 3.91 million viewers. “Celebrity Family Feud” the previous week had 6.1 million viewers, according to TV By The Numbers. The U.S. Open on Fox drew 7.29 million viewers, while CBS’ “60 Minutes” came in second with 4.67 million viewers.
The woeful ratings were in spite of a Twitter plug by the President on Saturday …
….misleading in that I personally spent only a small fraction of that time doing interviews. I do have a few other things to do, you know!). Think I will do many more Network Interviews, as I did in 2016, in order to get the word out that no President has done what I have in…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 16, 2019
…..the first 2 1/2 years of his Presidency, including the fact that we have one of the best Economies in the history of our Country. It is called Earned Media. In any event, enjoy the show!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 16, 2019
On the flip side, critics are pointing at the ratings flop as an indicator of a decline in popularity of President Trump.
What @seanhannity doesn’t realize is that any bad rating is due to most people in the world hating @realDonaldTrump and being sickened by his feable, whiny voice. Duh. #moron talking head. https://t.co/vg9sOeA6Hf
— James G. Snider (@Twitchie9) June 18, 2019
Doesn’t that prove that very few people outside of Trumps orbit (FOX) are interested in watching Trump?
— CanadianPerspective (@FT_From_Canada) June 18, 2019
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