Posted on 05/08/2007 7:18:58 PM PDT by LdSentinal
The Katie Couric as “CBS Evening News” anchor experiment appears to be failing, and failing miserably.
As TV Week reported Tuesday (h/t TVNewser): “The news is not good for third-place ‘CBS Evening News With Katie Couric,’ which in the week of April 30 hit its lowest total viewership since at least 1987.”
According to TVNewser’s Brian Steltzer, the “at least 1987” qualifier refers to Nielsen ratings not going back any further.
The news wasn’t any better for one of Couric’s competitors either:
[S]econd-place "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams," which hit its lowest performance among 25- to 54-year-old viewers since at least 1987.
Why the collapse?
There was no specific cause for the ratings dips in either "Evening News" or "Nightly News," since there were no major disruptions of either newscast's distribution last week.
I’m sure conservatives across the country could give TV Week ample explanations for the ratings dips if asked.
Update (20:53 | Matthew Sheffield) Couric has really managed to go the extra mile. She even managed to outdo Dan Rather in the race to the bottom. Her ratings are below his bottom point even.
Couldn’t happen to a more perky person.
The viewership would probably increase if CBS brought back Walter Cronkite because people would watch just to see him keel over and have CPR performed on him.
Because Katie's a twit.
I can’t wait to see her golden parachute.
Simple stuff. Global warming. All the BS these outlets spew contribute lots of methane to the atmosphere. Gore has convinced his people to quit watching. ;-)
“They don’t like me! They really don’t like me!”
They’ve got to let Katie be Katie!
Corporate suits are forcing her to tone it down to appease their right-wing masters! America wants the real Katie!
Why? because I'm tired of the news being a 30 glorification of socialism and a 30 minute anti-American we're-losing-the-war diatribe. I'm finished with alphabet network news broadcasts. I watch the local news and that's it. Anything else comes from Fox and FreeRepublic.
Brit Hume?
... Perhaps if she were to bias her reporting to a more liberal point of view .....
He looks like a little punk, and he is 33 years old (she is 50).
Good thing she is spending those CBS millions to benefit mankind, stop global warming, prevent the spread of AIDS, feed the children, and every other Liberal pet cause.
Don't worry Katie!! Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
I always thought they were nuts to pay her that kind of money in the first place. Why?/
Couric was always thrilled to point out if President Bush had low poll numbers, bringing it up as often as possible. She kind of had that doesn’t he know no one likes him sneer.
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