CNN axed the Charles Barkley and Gayle King primetime talk show after only six months on the air after it failed to generate ratings.
The “King Charles” show — co-hosted by sports commentator Barkley and “CBS Mornings” host King — aired on Wednesday nights and generated worse ratings than reruns of shows like “South Park” and “Friends,” the New York Post reported.
The show launched in November and became the lowest-rated primetime week night show CNN has debuted in at least a decade, according to Nielsen ratings.
Viewership fell 20% from the debut episode of “King Charles” in November, which was watched by 500,000 viewers, with 139,000 of those in the coveted age demographic of ages 25-54, according to Nielsen. By the end of January, those numbers didn’t even crack 100,000 mark among that same demographic, Nielsen showed. Over the show’s 14 episodes, it…
