Posted on 09/21/2017 7:20:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The numbers don't lie. Across the entertainment industry, viewers and fans are tuning out. It's no coincidence ratings are cratering as unhinged celebrities crank up their anti-Trump and anti-American antics.
Pro tip, Tinseltownies: Swapping your jazz hands for middle fingers and waving resistance fists at your customer base is bad for business. Let us count the waning ways.
Emmy emetics. Who wanted to see smirking Stephen Colbert lead a cast of Botoxed starlets and men in hot pants, handing out TV industry awards to diamond-draped elites hoisting up their gilt statues as emblems of victory on behalf of the hegemonically oppressed? Not as many as the boob-tube titans had hoped! The show's overall viewership of 11.4 million tied an all-time low; the key ratings demographic of 18-49 adults sunk 10 percent lower than last year's historic low. Most of America had better things to do than watch a privileged cabal of left-wing, coastal one-percenters preening indulgently about their progressivism. Conservative actor James Wood had the response of the night to the Emmy ego-thon, noting that "the stunning lack of political diversity in Hollywood is interesting, when you consider their consumer base is so evenly divided."
Oscars' abyss. Earlier this year, the Academy Awards show earned the second-lowest viewership ratings in its history. Program host Jimmy Kimmel and other celebs turned their stage and red carpet into Trump-bashing soapboxes for anti-cop rants, open borders pleas and Quran promotion.
Box office beatdown. Hollywood's summer movie season launched more duds than North Korea's Rocket Man. By Labor Day weekend, revenue plunged "nearly 16 percent over last year, the steepest decline in modern times," according to the Hollywood Reporter, adding that "(a)ttendance also plummeted, and is almost assured of hitting a 25-year low in terms of the number of tickets sold, according to Box Office Mojo." Variety dubbed it "the worst the movie industry has seen in more than a decade."
I don't want my MTV. The network that used to broadcast music videos now has a hard time attracting eyeballs to its marquee Video Music Awards. Go figure. Its 10th annual awards show was "the least-watched one in its history," marking the "fourth year in a row that the network has seen a decline in the crown jewel of its annual calendar," according to the Associated Press.
Al Gore's man-made disaster. Among the summer's hottest messes? Environmental scare-monger Al Gore's climate change sequel to "An Inconvenient Truth." The original green Chicken Little flick raked in nearly $50 million in 2006. The follow-up this summer, in release for a measly six weeks, scraped up less than $3.5 million in domestic receipts. Paramount tried to prop up the film with trailer endorsements from Bono, Randy Jackson, Pharrell Williams, Adam Levine and Shailene Woodley. But their Hollywood helium couldn't lift Gore's cinematic lead balloon.
Rolling Stone's tombstone. The iconic pop culture and music magazine rolled itself into oblivion after publishing its infamous "Rape on Campus" hoax article in 2014. Legal costs are approaching $5 million; this week, a third defamation suit by University of Virginia fraternity members moved forward. Over the weekend, owner Jann Wenner announced that his majority stake in the rag is now for sale. Maybe magazine cover boys and lefty multimillionaires Justin Trudeau, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama can pitch in?
NFL = No fans left. The football field is now a minefield of social justice causes, where National Football League officials countenance Black Power salutes, but ban pro-police decals on helmets after cop ambushes. A recent J.D. Power survey found that national anthem protests by players were the top reason fans stopped watching games. Viewership at the start of the 2017 regular season was down 13 percent for the NFL and NBC from last year's opener. Gridiron fans are switching the channel and they're staying out of the stadiums, too. The Rams and Chargers barely filled half their stadiums. The USC-Texas game boasted higher attendance numbers than those two teams' games combined.
NFL brass blame hurricanes. But from the boob tube to the big screen to the glossies to the Big Leagues, the fault lies not with Mother Nature or the entertainment industry's consumers — but with the fatally self-absorbed, politically toxified stars themselves.
pretty soon the only people seeing hollywierdos will be other hollwierdos.
“Gridiron fans are switching the channel and they’re staying out of the stadiums, too. The Rams and Chargers barely filled half their stadiums.”
I attended the Chiefs-Eagles game in Kansas City Sunday, visiting relatives. It was nearly sold out. The fans were raucous. There were many patriotic displays. Several local civic and military leaders were honored at breaks with strong applause. Probably a much different experience than left-coast teams.
And it was a good game, the Chiefs won, and they look like Super Bowl contenders.
How much money do they have to lose to realize that people want to see their values reflected in entertainment? The more they try and shove their view down people’s throat the less money they will make. Or as Adam from No Agenda would say “Shut up and dance slave!”
I love Good News in the Morning, thanks for brightening up my day.!!
Nice to hear that. I think I’ll start rooting for the Chiefs this season. :D
Where did you get that picture? Who is it? I truly have no idea. Is that a man to the right of him (his left), dressed in red sparkly stuff?
One day soon Colbert will be screaming that someone messed with his glasses and he can’t see anything.
That would be pretty funny. They’d put on plays in their basements and only their friends would show up. :D
On the other hand, “American Horror Story - Cult” which is based loosely on last year’s election has done a very balanced job of ridiculing the left by and ratings make it the 2nd Most-Watched Basic Cable Show of 2017. Had the producer made it one-sided anti-Trump storyline, that would never be the case.
They’re not my team, but they are good!
“And it was a good game, the Chiefs won, and they look like Super Bowl contenders.”
They often do in the early season. But your bigger point that in fly over country football is doing just fine, is true.
And GO CHIEFS!
The NFL/Entertainment industry are currently engaged in what is known as a “circle jerk”....
I cannot WAIT until the last middle-aged, Heterosexual, Judeo-Christian male refuses to give his money to these a-holes....
They’re not my team either. But I have rooted for them a bit in the past. Glad that they are doing well. :D
Even South Park has jumped the shark. Couldn’t crack one joke about Obama for 8 years and last night they directly editorialized against Trump AND introduced a gay relationship for no other reason than to virtue signal how great they are.
Its not just the Trump-hate - that’s all recent
Its the perversity, lack of humor, lack of any style or grace, gay promotion, hate of middle-America, etc... that turned me off Hollywood years ago.
OMG re the photo of Colbert and the dancers in red: was the black dancer a tranny or just a woman making a “statement” with her gross hairy armpits?
Reminds me of the Michelle Obama hairy/sweaty armpit photo LOL.....
They have lost sight of WHAT their professions are supposed to be. Movies, plays, music, games- they are ALL meant to be an ESCAPE from dull,stressful reality. They are where you USED to go to avoid thinking about politics, war, misery and daily worries. To bring all that into entertainment is to negate their purpose. Entertainers are free to express their opinions, of course, but just like everyone else(especially the people THEY vilify and reject) they must suffer the consequences. In their case it is angering and alienating their paying audiences. Some may be rich enough never to have to work again, so they don’t need our money-but not most. And the inescapable fact is their audiences don’t NEED them to live.They need them for escape and entertainment(which is a luxury) and if entertainment doesn’t provide that they are not needed at all.
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