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HGTV, Fox News Among Only Top Cable Networks to Boost Ratings This Year
Wall Street Journal ^ | Dec. 18, 2015 | Joe Flint

Posted on 12/19/2015 11:31:07 AM PST by sparklite2

Among the top 10 cable networks in terms of prime-time viewers, only Fox News Channel, HGTV and Discovery Channel are on track to finish 2015 on an upswing.

Among the top channels taking big hits this year are TNT, off 16% in viewers, and History, which is experiencing a decline of 20%. Even AMC, home of "The Walking Dead" and the last season of "Mad Men," is down 2%.

Not every news channel got a boost from politics. Al Jazeera America finished 99th in prime-time rankings with an average of just 28,000 viewers.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: cableratings; discovery; foxnews; foxnewsratings; hgtv; liberalmedia; trends
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1 posted on 12/19/2015 11:31:07 AM PST by sparklite2
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To: sparklite2
Cable news is in decline. Cable TV in general is in decline. Whoda Thunkit? I'm going to scratch my head real hard and see if I can get to the bottom of this.


2 posted on 12/19/2015 11:43:51 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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I remember when the History Channel had actual history on it. That really dates me.


3 posted on 12/19/2015 11:48:31 AM PST by ozzymandus
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To: sparklite2

HGTV got better ratings because I spent time in the hospital. My wife and I watch it almost exclusively when we have to be in hospital.


4 posted on 12/19/2015 11:50:54 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: sparklite2

I watch very little Fox News anymore.
They are another mouthpiece of The Cheap Labor Express like the Wall Street Journal.


5 posted on 12/19/2015 11:53:03 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: sparklite2

I’m not sure I agree that FOX is getting new viewers .. I suspect they are just reclaiming some who were put off by the giant leap to the LEFT.

I know I was. And, I still do not view FOX very much. I prefer FOX&FRIENDS to any of it .. but now Elizabeth is leaving the weekday program .. and I have no idea who will replace her. If it happens to be another LEFTIST BIMBO .. (like they did to the WEEKEND show), I will not be watching anymore.

And .. FOX’s leftward leaning is still in full force where Jeb and Rubio are concerned. They do interviews with Trump and Cruz, but the interviews are stupid .. because the questions are stupid. Don’t watch those either .. can’t be bothered. I get things from Cruz that I know are what he believes .. and not what the LEFT has manufactured.


6 posted on 12/19/2015 12:01:51 PM PST by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: sparklite2

Fox News is off my list. They are pushing for Rubio.


7 posted on 12/19/2015 12:16:57 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: sparklite2

Gave up FNC for Fox Business & HGTV.


8 posted on 12/19/2015 12:23:45 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

I confess I was seduced by “Naked and Afraid.”


9 posted on 12/19/2015 12:27:47 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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To: ozzymandus
I remember when the History Channel had actual history on it. That really dates me.

Or the National Geographic, geography
Or the Science Channel, science.
Or the Sci Fi channels actual Science Fiction.

Now it's wall to wall fighting of one kind or another, Reality shows for the loser audience.
Or who will be the next new model.
And assorted games, junk and perverts for the mind, or whatever is left of it in the the 27-year old children.

10 posted on 12/19/2015 12:29:19 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW! evil ignorant stupid or crazy-doesn't matter!)
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To: Jim from C-Town

HGTV got better ratings because I spent time in the hospital. My wife and I watch it almost exclusively when we have to be in hospital.

lol. If only you were a Nielsen family, you’d really would have raised those ratings. As of now, you are a fan.


11 posted on 12/19/2015 12:36:29 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: b4its2late

Seems they have a ton of people to replace you. (Not sure why, but facts are facts.)


12 posted on 12/19/2015 12:37:16 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: b4its2late
My fox watching has been reduced by 80%. The talking heads are totally arrogant and ignorant, an impossible to watch combination.
And then there's in addition to the blond Bimbo, Geraldo, the muslim mouthpiece, and too much Obamaiac for my taste. Waste of time.

Abamaiac hasn't said anything new, or factual for almost 7 years...

If I hear his favorite imbecilities, "That's not who we are," and "it's the right thing to do," by accident, when I can't get to the "mute" button fast enough, it will be naughty words and BARF time...

13 posted on 12/19/2015 12:37:55 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW! evil ignorant stupid or crazy-doesn't matter!)
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To: b4its2late
My fox watching has been reduced by 80%. The talking heads are totally arrogant and ignorant, an impossible to watch combination.
And then there's in addition to the blond Bimbo, Geraldo, the muslim mouthpiece, and too much Obamaiac for my taste. Waste of time.

Abamaiac hasn't said anything new, or factual for almost 7 years...

If I hear his favorite imbecilities, "That's not who we are," and "it's the right thing to do," by accident, when I can't get to the "mute" button fast enough, it will be naughty words and BARF time...

14 posted on 12/19/2015 12:38:05 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW! evil ignorant stupid or crazy-doesn't matter!)
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To: sparklite2

The night they had Whoraldo on their talking to his daughter that was suppose to be in Paris, I swore no more Fox ever.

That was the biggest con job since the Al Capone vault.

Fox Lemmings, lead on, I will be staying on the ledge.


15 posted on 12/19/2015 12:42:40 PM PST by hadaclueonce (I thought Ethanol was the devil, now i find it is America is an Oligarchy)
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That was pathetic, but more Whorealdo than Fox. A few weeks before while on The Five, Eric Bolling accused Whorealdo of a pattern of using histrionics and melodrama. Whorealdo went ballistic and threatened to punch Bolling out. It was one of the best Fives evar!


16 posted on 12/19/2015 12:50:11 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

There you go. Same here


17 posted on 12/19/2015 12:50:34 PM PST by ncpatriot
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To: napscoordinator
‘As of now, you are a fan’

only when convalescing!

18 posted on 12/19/2015 1:06:49 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: sparklite2

They’re not getting the ratings from me. I turned off FOX when they hired Juan and HGTV is waaaay to gay.


19 posted on 12/19/2015 1:19:40 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: sparklite2

Drew and Jonathan Scott of the “Property Brothers” are HGTV’s big stars.

It would be nowhere without them.


20 posted on 12/19/2015 1:30:30 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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