Channel 14 Suffers Significant Viewership Drop in Ratings

Israeli television Channel 14 experienced a notable decline in viewership for its prime-time news and flagship program on Monday evening. The main news broadcast, hosted by Mageni Tsvivi, garnered a 5.8% rating, a decrease from the 6.2% recorded the previous day. Following the news, the popular program "The Patriots," hosted by Yinon Magal, saw its ratings fall to 6.6%. This is a significant drop from the 9.2% it achieved the day before, a broadcast that included an interview with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Channel 14's programming lagged considerably behind competitors. News Channel 12 dominated the ratings with its evening news program achieving 13%, placing it firmly in first place. Channel 14's own news broadcast secured second place with 5.8%. News Channel 13 followed with 4%, Channel 11 (Kan) with 3.7%, and i24 News with 1.3%.

In the prime-time slot, Channel 12's "MasterChef" led with 12.8% of viewers. The finale of "Power Couple" on Channel 13 came in second with 8.1%. "The Patriots" from Channel 14 ranked third with 6.6%, "Four Weddings" on Channel 11 secured fourth place with 5.6%, and i24 News's "The Israelis" trailed with 0.2%.