Ratings: "...Viewers continued to shrug at the Democratic National Convention"

Zap2it ^ | 07/29/04 | Zap2it

[Pikamax]

'Amish' Strong for UPN, but CBS Wins Wednesday (Thursday, July 29 07:55 AM) LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Fast National ratings for Wednesday, July 28, 2004 The premiere of UPN's "Amish in the City" drew solid ratings Wednesday, although CBS took the overall crown.

CBS averaged a 4.5 rating/8 share for the night, good enough to beat FOX's 3.7/7. NBC was a close third at 3.6/6, while UPN took fourth with a 3.4/6. ABC averaged 3.1/5 and The WB 1.5/3.

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FOX led among adults 18-49 with a 2.7 rating. UPN was second in the demographic with a 2.4. ABC, CBS and NBC finished in a tie for third at 1.7. The WB averaged 0.8. The Wednesday edition of "60 Minutes," 5.5/10, won the 8 p.m. hour for CBS. An hour of "My Wife and Kids" on ABC averaged 4.1/7 to take second place. The first hour of "Amish in the City," 3.4/6, was third, ahead of "That '70s Show" and "Quintuplets" on FOX. NBC's "Next Action Star" was fifth, followed by a "Smallville" rerun on The WB.

"The King of Queens," 4.7/8, and "Two and a Half Men," 5.2/9, kept CBS in the lead at 9 p.m. NBC moved up to second with a "Law & Order" rerun, 4.5/8. "The Simple Life 2," 5.0/8, and "Method & Red," 3.5/6, put FOX in third, swapping places with "Amish in the City." ABC dropped to fifth with two episodes of "The Drew Carey Show." A second "Smallville" on The WB trailed.

Viewers continued to shrug at the Democratic National Convention, which each of the big three networks covered at 10 p.m. NBC led the hour with a 3.8/7, followed by CBS' 3.1/5 and ABC's 2.7/5.

[ken5050]

Article in the NY Times TV section mentioned that CNN beat FOX handily, but then added that this was to be expected, because the Dem/liberal viewers expected too be interested in the DNC would gravitate to CNN...

[null and void]

Sooooooo, didja see the daily polling results???

[GraniteStateConservative]

Another story had FOX/PBS/MSNBC/CNN all with bigger ratings for Night 2 than in 2000.

[Pikamax]

The networks didn't have anything on Tuesday, so thats a given, if the networks are down but the cable nets are up, that will be a story.

[dangus]

ABC is in FIFTH place. They were the King of the TV News before the Rat took over.

[dangus]

Yeah, but Fox News isn't even covering the convention. LOL! It's merely the lead topic on the regular shows like Bill O'Reilly. If they squeeze it in between the latest on Laci Peterson, the new case in Utah and Kober Bryant, that is.

[dangus]

"Method & Red"

O wait, I guess Fox DID cover the convention. My bad.

[no dems]

Viewers continued to shrug at the Democratic National Convention, which each of the big three networks covered at 10 p.m. In the very near future, look for the conventions to be relegated to C-SPAN, PBS and one or two cable news channels. And why not? They have become nothing but a long line of campaign speeches. No platform discussions; no suspense as to who the nominees will be; nothing.

[I still care]

If the dems weren't so dependent on network news, it would be gone by now.

[Gunder]

No... and I want to! Where are they?!

[null and void]

If the news don't fit. you must chuck it...

[Gunder]

I guess you're right. Seems to me, in 2000, the daily tracking polls were all over the place. Not this time.

Hmmmm....

[null and void]

Yup. The dog that didn't bark...