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Can you say sinking ship? CNN Falls Below The Hallmark Channel In Prime Time ViewersIt's a sad thing. If CNN didn't pay Airports across the country to broadcast their leftist lies no one would be watching. From The Adweek Network TV Newser:Basic Cable Ranker: Week of Feb. 5Another week, another win for Fox News in prime time and in total day. FNC ranked No. 1 across cable in total day (6 a.m. – 6 a.m.) for the fifth consecutive week, and dominated by a significant margin. That said, the network was -13 percent in total day viewers from the comparable...

NY Times' Media Decoder blog CNN's ratings surged on Tuesday night, as it broadcast the first rescue of 33 miners who had been trapped in a Chilean mine, reports The New York Times' Media Decoder blog. The cable-news network, usually in third place, jumped to first place with 5 million viewers between 11 p.m. and 11:15 p.m., when the first miner surfaced, the story says. Fox News Channel averaged 4.3 million viewers, while 1.3 million people tuned into MSNBC. The three channels combined typically draw just 2 million viewers at that time, the article points out. Audiences stayed up late...

Meet the Press continues to maintain the #1 slot, but is losing it's grip, Foxnews Sunday is at the bottom of the list...This from mediabistro...

The NBC Nightly News was #1 in total viewers last week, while ABC's World News Tonight was #1 in the 25-54 demographic. "Despite 91% coverage on Tuesday and Thursday, World News Tonight still outperformed Nightly News by 190,000 Adults 25-54 (2.0 vs. 1.9)," an ABC press release says. This is the sixth consecutive week ABC has beat NBC in the demo. For the week of June 20, in total viewers and the 25-54 demo: NBC: 7,510,000 / 2,290,000 ABC: 7,330,000 / 2,480,000 CBS: 6,370,000 / 2,020,000 > Also: In the second quarter of 2005, Nightly News was #1, but WNT...

Denver Post al knight Every silver lining has a cloud By Al Knight Denver Post Editorial Board Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - It's been widely reported that the news departments at the three major television networks have been having a very tough time since the beginning of the Iraqi war. CBS and ABC have fared worse than NBC, but all of them have suffered to some extent. Instead of bigger audiences for news programs about the war, the number of viewers has declined significantly. Public opinion polls don't reveal the precise reasons for the response - or lack of it....