The newsman's first-week ratings (for the week ending April 25) were less than Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers, falling 7 percent from the QB's numbers to a 5.1 rating.

Ratings for Cooper's second week were not yet available.

Daily live news coverage of the Derek Chauvin murder trial also aired during the same week, with the guilty verdict arriving April 20, which likely factored into Cooper's ratings.