Posted on 01/10/2005 10:01:10 AM PST by churchillbuff
Read down to item linked to USA Today:
Peter Johnson reports "Nightline" just notched its lowest number of average viewers ever, from a high in 1993 of 6.2 million to a low last year of 3.7 million. The same is true for Sunday public affairs show "This Week," with a high of 4.9 million in 1993 compared with 2.5 million last year, behind No. 1 NBC's "Meet the Press" (4.3 million) and CBS' "Face the Nation" (3.8 million).
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That "episode" got nice numbers.
I stumbled across "This Week" on Sunday while reprogramming a new universal remote control. Hadn't watched in years.
Couldn't believe how the show's quality has fallen. Too many lispy young punk "commentators" a la Georgie Boy Snuffaluffagus.
credilbility
when you shovel manure, no one wants to hang around
and like SeeBS, NYT, LAT et al; they will all go their graves in denial...
I think Ted needs to talk to Traficant about improving his rug.
I can't believe Ted Krapple is still on the air.
YAY!!!!!!!
Ditto. I didn't know Nightline was still on.
Not o kill joy the collective mood - but the result of low ratings has little to do with the conservatives striking back and Nightline or This Week - butthe fact that the ABC network's weak ratings of its lead ins. David Letterman also suffered from this at CBS - also - Disney which owns ABC is not promotingthe hsow to its affiliates - Disney wants to scrap Nightline and go for a its own late night talk show. Lastly, network ratinsg -while still far larger than cable TV are slipping all the time do to competing mediums like the internet and video games. All the networks want to get out of the news business - news broadcasts being something they had to have during regulation but no longer required.
This is VERY suprising... I didn't realize they were still doing these shows.......
Not o kill joy the collective mood - but the result of low ratings has little to do with the conservatives striking back and Nightline or This Week - butthe fact that the ABC network's weak ratings of its lead ins. David Letterman also suffered from this at CBS - also - Disney which owns ABC is not promoting the shows to its affiliates - Disney wants to scrap Nightline and go for a its own late night talk show. Lastly, network ratings -while still far larger than cable TV are slipping all the time due to competing mediums like the Internet and video games. All the networks want to get out of the news business - news broadcasts being something they had to have during regulation but no longer required.
The demise of biased network news programs is welcomed for any reason. It is true that network news in general may be going the way of the manual typewriter. I hope that whatever replaces it will serve the American people more honorably and truthfully.
Jimmy Kimmel?
I care not for the reasons,
just the results.
Say goodnight Ted!
Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING
Ted's dead weasel toupee makes Traficant's dead weasel look grand.
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