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Broadcast Nets See Continued Increased Ratings

umfan said:
FNC dominates cable news while CNN slips back into third place.
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My sense is when people who don't watch cable news have to pick a station for some kind of disaster coverage, their first move is to CNN.

Once their return to their routine, CNN drops.

I watched Norah O'Donnell one night, and thought she looked uncomfortable reading teleprompter. Might have been a bad night.
 
TheBigA said:
My sense is when people who don't watch cable news have to pick a station for some kind of disaster coverage, their first move is to CNN.

Once their return to their routine, CNN drops.

I watched Norah O'Donnell one night, and thought she looked uncomfortable reading teleprompter. Might have been a bad night.
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I watch her most nights and she seems to be doing all right. She seems to be less wooden and more empathetic as of late.
 
TheBigA said:
My sense is when people who don't watch cable news have to pick a station for some kind of disaster coverage, their first move is to CNN.
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When I last had access to deep TV ratings, what I saw was pretty much aligned with state politics in the local markets. 60% to 70% CNN and MSNBC in CA at one extreme and majorities to Fox in more conservative states.

In perceptual research, CNN has no advantage in demos under age 50 as they don't have recall from the early "glory days" up to the time of the Kuwait and Iraq conflicts.
 
https://apnews.com/571ffcd97eaf842cb1c2275934143e98

CBS remains on top in prime time, but third in nightly news, although NBC lost viewers in this regard as well. The One World concert was the most watch program, but the wide availability of outlets led it to not showing in the top 20. ESPN narrowly missed the Top 20 with its Michael Jordan documentary. ABC/Disney had a hit with the Disney singalong.

The key question is since the pandemic brought viewers back to network TV, will they stay once it's over?
 
umfan said:
https://apnews.com/f5c3c7cd3d35c5dc0423bf25310f6a56

CBS is really doing well with 8 of the Top 10 shows. CNN, for now, seems to have supplanted MSNBC as the number 2 cable news network, but both greatly trail FNC.
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Do both CNN and MSNBC "greatly trail" FNC when their viewerships are combined? Since you seem to consider both to be not only business but philosophical rivals of FNC, wouldn't the popularity of their approach to news as opposed to FNC's be more accurately gauged by taking their ratings as a whole? Maybe if OANN gets a foothold on leading cable systems and provides FNC with competition in its own arena, we'll get the true picture: Will OANN attract far right viewers who haven't been watching any cable news because they think FNC isn't conservative enough, or will it just siphon off the Pizzagate wackies and other conspiracy-believer types who've been watching FNC because it's the only tolerable cable option they have?
 
Understand that Trump has often called on OAN by name during the press briefings the past few weeks. And he has criticized Fox News on multiple occasions in the past 6 months albeit he still watches FNC. Perhaps his TV time is spent flipping between FNC and OAN? Wonder what cable system the White House is wired into? U-Verse, CenturyLink Prism, FIOS and DIRECTV all carry OAN.

At least around here I've seen a mix of FNC and CNN on televisions in public places. A local truck stop a few months ago had Tucker Carlson playing on Fox News; likewise a local convenience store specializing in craft beer (and with Asian owners) nearly always has CNN on their TVs. Kittitas is a battleground type of county - left to moderate CWU students, grads, and ex-Western WA residents; and pro-Trump ranchers and farmers. Voted Dem 3x in a row from 88-96 but slowly went to R majority after that.
 
crainbebo said:
At least around here I've seen a mix of FNC and CNN on televisions in public places. A local truck stop a few months ago had Tucker Carlson playing on Fox News; likewise a local convenience store specializing in craft beer (and with Asian owners) nearly always has CNN on their TVs. Kittitas is a battleground type of county - left to moderate CWU students, grads, and ex-Western WA residents; and pro-Trump ranchers and farmers. Voted Dem 3x in a row from 88-96 but slowly went to R majority after that.
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I was at a restaurant in Lebanon, NH, a few months back (when I could still go there) that's popular with a broad mix of conservative old Yankees and Dartmouth College students. There were three TVs at the bar. The one in the center was tuned to ESPN. At each end, their viewers separated by the sports fans, were Fox News Channel and MSNBC!
 
CTListener said:
Do both CNN and MSNBC "greatly trail" FNC when their viewerships are combined? Since you seem to consider both to be not only business but philosophical rivals of FNC, wouldn't the popularity of their approach to news as opposed to FNC's be more accurately gauged by taking their ratings as a whole? Maybe if OANN gets a foothold on leading cable systems and provides FNC with competition in its own arena, we'll get the true picture: Will OANN attract far right viewers who haven't been watching any cable news because they think FNC isn't conservative enough, or will it just siphon off the Pizzagate wackies and other conspiracy-believer types who've been watching FNC because it's the only tolerable cable option they have?
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Based on the latest weeks numbers, FNC does seem to have more when combined. I was reporting the numbers, by network as they were reported in the article I linked. Maybe if OANN does gain a larger foothold, that will happen and, if it does, and I post an article on current ratings when that occurs, I'll note that. In the meantime, both MSNBC and CNN do respectively trail FNC by a very wide margin.
 
TheBigA said:
My sense is when people who don't watch cable news have to pick a station for some kind of disaster coverage, their first move is to CNN.

Once their return to their routine, CNN drops.
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That's pretty much me in a nutshell...I know that CNN's reputation and ratings have taken a hit in the last decade or so, but besides the Big Three, they're still reliable when it comes to serious breaking news coverage. Besides that, most of my news viewing is more on the local level anyway.

I don't generally watch MSNBC or Fox News Channel, no matter the circumstances; the only other national news channel I often watch is CBSN. On those days off from the work, or working from home (as is my current situation), I watch ABC World News Tonight fairly often, especially since it airs live here in Los Angeles (twice a day, 3:30 and 6:30pm), but it's the only national OTA newscast I generally watch.
 
https://apnews.com/3ebc129bd346050627a546b4522a1835

The report this week focused on Cable News ratings for April and noted that Brett Baier's show was among the most highly rated benefiting from the daily Virus Task Force Briefings that were carried at that time. He even did his show from the White House Press Room at least once. Not mentioned, but noteworthy nonetheless were the monster ratings for the NFL Draft. Nearly 15 Million tuned into the first round split between ABC and ESPN. CBS dominated prime time again, but lagged in the nightly network news.
 
JeeperOne said:
CNN can thank Trump for that
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CNN can thank CNN for that. When nearly all of your stories are "Orange Man Bad" and roughly half of the nation believes that the President is doing a commendable job, you're not reporting the news, you're trying to shape opinion. Sounds to me like it's not working.
 
dhett said:
CNN can thank CNN for that. When nearly all of your stories are "Orange Man Bad" and roughly half of the nation believes that the President is doing a commendable job, you're not reporting the news, you're trying to shape opinion. Sounds to me like it's not working.
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It's not a one or the other thing. News TV ratings aren't based on how factual you are. It's how entertaining you are. CNN isn't very entertaining.
 
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