Does anyone have the stat of how many viewers watched at the height or TV news? Was that in the Cronkite era? Cuz you have to figure that their are probably 60 70 million more people in America now than then and people are watching less and less tv while more and more channels are being added.
http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2005/narrative_networktv_audience.asp?cat=3&media=4
In 1980, the three commercial network nightly news broadcasts had a combined 37% rating, and a 75% share. And at their historic peak, in 1969, they had a 50% rating and an 85% share. The November 2004 figures mean that ratings have fallen almost 59.6 % since 1969, and 45.4% sinc1e 1980. Share has fallen 55.3% since 1969 and 49.3% since 1980.5