Beck’s show is too much one talking head doing a lot of lecturing. He needs to find a better way to communicate what his lectures are trying to get across.
His other problem, of course, is his time frame. He’s in a rotten time slot, and that was due to catch up to him after the novelty wore off. (Also, it’s spring/summer and that time slot is even worse.)
FoxNews would have done itself a favor flopping Shep Smith and Glen Beck, but they wouldn’t listen to many others who thought the same.
Beck will probably float down to some reasonable size viewership that’s still very large, and then he should relook at the format and make it more user friendly for a long-term viewing audience.
I like Beck's lectures. He manages to convey a heck of a lot of information clearly, and he often injects these little moments of slightly twisted humor (which I also enjoy).
I lost some respect for Beck after his radio interview with Peter Boyles (in which he disclosed he knew nothing about the "birther" issue) and his subsequent nastiness about it the next day on his show -- it was so at odds with his proclamation that we must "question with boldness" -- but I still watch him when I can and I appreciate that he comes up with info almost no other conservative does.
I agree with you about Shep Smith. One of the mysteries of the universe, right up there with who shot Kennedy, is why Fox News keeps Smith. And if they must keep him for some bizarre reason, why can't they switch his and Beck's time slot? No one can have truly good ratings in the long haul with a 5 p.m. ET show time.
I’m also sick of the chalk board analysis. They’ve become very boring & monotonous.
I like the red phone idea.