Ari Melber

Ari Melber
Melber in 2018
Born
Ari Naftali Melber

(1980-03-31) March 31, 1980 (age 44)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Michigan (AB)
Cornell University (JD)
OccupationJournalist
EmployerNBCUniversal
Television
Spouse
Drew Grant
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(m. 2013; div. 2017)​

Ari Naftali Melber[1] (born March 31, 1980) is an American attorney and Emmy-winning journalist who is the Chief Legal Correspondent for MSNBC and host of The Beat with Ari Melber.

"The Beat with Ari Melber" is "often the most-watched show on MSNBC," the A.P. reported in 2023, noting "the Emmy-winning NBC News legal analyst... brings a methodical, 'follow the facts' style to the issues he addresses."[2]

"The Beat" had the highest ratings of any show on MSNBC or CNN, "outranking everything else on MSNBC — the first time in the network’s 27 years that a show outside the prime-time window took top honors," the New York Times reported in 2023.[3]

Forbes reported The Beat was the highest rated show across all of MSNBC and CNN in January 2024,[4] and the show is widely viewed online, including its YouTube playlist (msnbc.com/ari). [5]

The Beat was "the highest-rated non-Fox News show in the demo" on cable news, AdWeek reported in November 2023.[6] Forbes [7] notes it has "MSNBC's best rating ever for the time slot."[8][9][10]

"The Beat" is one of "the most-watched news programs on cable," Variety noted in 2023, along with Fox's "The Five."[11] AdWeek reported The Beat's ratings made it one of "most watched cable news" shows in 2022.[12][13]

"The Beat's" ratings were up 46%" in 2021,[14] performing better against Fox News "than any other show before it."[15][16] In January 2021, The Beat hit No. 1 among cable news shows at 6 p.m., averaging 2.6 million viewers per night.[17][18]

The Beat was nominated for a 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Interview.[19]

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  2. ^ "All Trump, all the time? Former president's legal problems a boon to MSNBC". AP News. October 5, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  3. ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. (March 16, 2023). "The New Prime Time for TV News: Afternoons: The biggest draw on Fox News is no longer Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity; it's "The Five." And daytime shows on CNN and MSNBC are outranking evening programming". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Joyella, Mark. "Fox News Channel Makes History: 22 Consecutive Years At Number One". Forbes. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  5. ^ "🟡 Semafor Media March 24 | Semafor | Semafor". www.semafor.com. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  6. ^ "Here Are Top-Rated Cable News Shows of November 2023". www.adweek.com. November 30, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  7. ^ Schaal, Eric (January 3, 2019). "Why Does MSNBC's Ari Melber Have So Many More Viewers Than CNN's Wolf Blitzer?". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  8. ^ Berg, Madeline. "Mixing Rap And Politics, MSNBC's Ari Melber Produces A Hit". Forbes. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  9. ^ Steinberg, Brian (July 21, 2017). "MSNBC to Launch 'The Beat With Ari Melber' on Monday".
  10. ^ Scott, Becky. "5 Things About Ari Melber, Greta Van Susteren's Replacement", Jewish Daily Forward, June 30, 2017
  11. ^ Steinberg, Brian (September 19, 2023). "MSNBC Isn't Using Blue-State Chatter to Build a Daytime Nation". Variety.
  12. ^ "Week of Dec. 5 Cable Ranker: Fox News Remains No. 1, Posts Week-to-Week Gains But Year-Over-Year Losses". www.adweek.com. December 13, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  13. ^ "Here's Who Showed Up at The Beat With Ari Melber 5-Year Anniversary Celebration". www.adweek.com. September 14, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  14. ^ Baragona, Justin (June 29, 2023). "MSNBC Has Quietly Surged Off CNN's and Fox's Woes: Fox had its post-Tucker nosedive, CNN had the disastrous Trump town hall—and MSNBC has been reaping the benefits". The Daily Beast.
  15. ^ "The Wild and Weird History of MSNBC's 6 PM Hour — Which Now Has a Record-Holding Host". Mediaite. September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  16. ^ Stelter, Brian. "The daily edition of 'The Rachel Maddow Show' is coming to an end. So who will replace her?". CNN. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  17. ^ "NBCUniversal Media Village". viewer.nbcumv.com. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  18. ^ "Drake Posts MSNBC's Ari Melber Quoting Him For The First Time To Address Capitol Insurrection Hearings". HipHopDX. June 30, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  19. ^ "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 41ST ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS – The Emmys". theemmys.tv. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.