If Megyn Kelly’s tanking TV ratings weren’t enough to suggest her days as an NBC morning host might be numbered, then a new national popularity poll should be.
Last week, Megyn Kelly Today was down to a paltry 2.1 million viewers, and a 0.5 rating with the under age 50 demographic, the group most preferred by advertisers. In addition to that, her show continues to negatively impact the ratings for poor Hoda and Kathie Lee, who take over the time slot immediately after hers.
Now, to add insult to injury, a new Rasmussen poll has found that an overwhelming majority of people, in general, really don’t like Megyn Kelly.
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Over 1000 American adults participated in the poll, which was conducted over the phone and online.
According to the data, 45% of people polled said they have an “unfavorable opinion” of the 47-year-old, while just 28% have at least a “somewhat favorable” opinion. 27% said they didn’t know enough about her to offer an opinion. And only 6%–6%!–said they had a “favorable” opinion of her.
Of course, when it rains it pours. Page Six reports that Matt Lauer, the golden boy of the Today franchise, has officially thrown Megan under the bus:
When an industry insider remarked to Lauer last week that celebrities are being advised to avoid Kelly’s “Megyn Kelly Today” — amid ratings struggles and awkward snafus with famous guests — a Page Six spy overheard Lauer reply that he “gets it,” adding, “It’s a big problem for them,” meaning Kelly’s show. Insiders were stunned that the veteran “Today” host didn’t try to defend his new colleague.
A rep for the show downplayed the purported drama, saying: “Sounds like a few troublemakers are trying to stir up drama where there just isn’t any. Everyone’s doing just fine at the ‘Today’ show.”
Riiiiight.
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Paco
She still has the stink of Faux Noise on her.
It was a really dumb decision for NBC to hire her.
mcflyer54
“Everyone’s doing just fine at Today”. Actually that’s not anywhere close to true. The numbers are in the toilet compared to same period last year and they don’t seem to be any appreciable growth, or even stabilization, at this point. NBC reportedly threw about $17 million at Kelly to get her and so far they haven’t seen anything close to a return on that expenditure. Next move might be to flip Kelly and Kathie Lee/Hoda getting the successful duo out from behind the Kelly lead-in. If that flip is attempted and fails then Kelly will ultimately end up doing monthly (or quarterly) prime time personality “specials” until her contract expires or she creates some value for the network.
marcinmass
Not sure why Queerty keeps trashing her. You made your point several articles ago. Enough already. I went to see her show a few weeks ago and enjoyed it. She’s perfectly lovely. Don’t you have any gay news to report on? It’s NBC’s problem if show format does in fact fail. She has contract for $23m. I applaud her for leaving the dark side (Fox News), and recognize it’s difficult to transition from hard hitting political news to a nice and fuzzy format. Leave this beautiful and intelligent woman alone.
jkthsnk
How long have you worked for her? I’ll do what you say sweetie as soon as she stops making softcore racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments and apologizes for the hardcore ones in the past. White Santa indeed!
man5996853
You mean the “beautiful and intelligent woman” who threw a fit over a black Santa or the “beautiful and intelligent woman” who felt the need to discuss Jane Fonda’s plastic surgery while she was there to discuss her movie? There are many, many intelligent women in the world; I don’t count her as one of them.
DCguy
Your language is the language of a copy editor putting out a press release. I send the other comment. How long have you worked for her?
Rex Huskey
Marcinmas, these Queerty waters are full with vapid amen-chorus members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. You can find a couple of them rolling their tape here on you.
Re Ms. Kelly: Not so sure I would agree with you that she is “beautiful and intelligent”. I personally think she is an opportunistic fool and not very appealing, looks or intelligence. She will soon be gone from Today.
frankcar1965
She used to do porn back in the day. She’s really a ball buster. Dirty skank.
ingyaom
2.1 million viewers would have been good on FOX, but on a real TV network that’s terrible. (Maybe she’s just retained all her old FOX-watchers and not acquired a single new one.)
Bob LaBlah
In the Philadelphia, NJ, NY, Ct television area Roseanne Barr could not draw more than fifteen thousand viewers to her show. Why this long forgotten former vixen is relevant is beyond me. It seems hard to believe news is this slow.
Brody
Yes, but no one—and I mean no one—hates her as much as Graham Gremore does.
I can only surmise she either ran over his dog or stole his boyfriend.
THAT Steve
Can we keep her until she ruins Kathy Lee’s career definitively?
Bob LaBlah
How can she ruin what never was?
Mandrake
Nothing wrong with Megyn Kelly! She’s bright, intellectual, and able to adapt to the situation. Criticisms of her on this site are uncalled for.
DCguy
Please detail out exactly why critiques of style are off limits.
MinnesotaNotNice
Her ratings are in the tank, big time! NBC executives must be in an absolute panic as to what to do with this liability. Hard to believe that anyone thought she would be watchable outside of the FAUX News bubble?
Evji108
“All you horrid homos are calling lovely, innocent, sweet, adorable, intelligent, gorgeous, modest, well-spoken Megyn mean names, this is hurting my tender feelings. Just stop you big mean bullies.”
Hint: (not a chance, we know a phony witch skank when we see one better than anybody )
DCguy
NBC’s Andy Lack was SO desperate to kep hiring conservatives (He brought on Gretta Van Sustran, and Tried to cancel Lawrence O’Donnel and Bring on another Conservative person)
That he paid $23 million dollars for Kelly, who is known for being somewhat brittle and confrontational on her show. Then got her there and said “Hey great, we will take somebody who got ratings being sort of a pain in the ass to her guests, and make her be a touchy feely giggly morning Host, like Katie Couric 2 decades ago.
They need to dump Lack ,and realize that Kelly was not only at Fox, but she also said and did a few things over there that will follow her. Kiss the $23 million good-bye and move some version of a less drunk Kathie Lee to the spot.
1EqualityUSA
hahahaha! so fun–and then, “some version of a less drunk Kathie Lee to the spot.”
JerseyMike
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! They dumped Al Roker and Tamron Hall’s show for the Faux news blondie!!! She sucked on Faux and now she sucks even more on NBC… She is as charming and witty as a ventriloquist’s dummy…
Bob LaBlah
“She is as charming and witty as a ventriloquist’s dummy…”
Wow, you really insulted ventriloquists and their dummy. I think ol’ Tessie Mahoney had more talent than her even when Paul Winchell’s arm wasn’t up her ass. lol
jd.cali
I don’t watch day time tv but I’ve watched some clips on YouTube and what I’ve seen is painfully awkward. I feel bad for her. My take is she is simply not the right fit for it. Day time talk show is for light hearted, if not, fluffy personas. A host needs to be relatable, fun and naturally funny. An audience can sense that even if all of these shows are silly, it still needs to be genuine. Megyn is not lighthearted, fun or funny and that’s not an insult. Just a fact. She should stick with more serious “journalism”.
Bob LaBlah
I think her not dressing and looking like a low down Mandingo sized anal sex loving-tramp (as she came off as over on Fox) has a lot to do with her awkwardness. On NBC she has to come off as a middle-aged soccer mom and she simply can’t do it.