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A new low for broadcast viewing

Seems like early evening people still do watch broadcast TV with ABC World News with David Muir getting 7 million viewers and 60 Minutes getting 6. Primetime I think people stream, though.
 
This is simply a reflection of the fact that we are now living in an on-demand society. The shift in how people consume began several years ago with the advent of VCRs, DVDs, and DVRs. Now with the prevalence of streaming services, we have the ability to watch what we want to watch when it's convenient for us. Not when some TV networks and executives decide to show it. Long gone are the days when you had to be in front of the TV on a specific day and time to catch your favorite show.
 
radiofan2023 said:
I love David Alan Grier’s NBC show St. Denis Medical & ABC’s High Potential and I watch both over the air, because I don’t want to pay for Peacock or Hulu. But I stream Matlock, Price is Right and Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service. Also I watch local news over the air and I’m nowhere near 75+.
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TPIR got way too campy after Barker retired. It’s not the same show now.
 
The collapse of the cable networks, in particular, has been much swifter than I expected.

Let's compare to the same Nielsen "The Gauge" report from June the prior two years:
Year ........... 2025 - 2024 - 2023
Streaming 46% .... 40% .... 38%
Broadcast 19% ... 21% .... 22%
Cable ........ 20% ... 27% .... 35%

So in two years, Broadcast is -18% and Cable is -33%. No wonder everyone is scrambling to ditch their cable networks.
 
BOY...I WONDER WHY???
I clean vacation homes now on weekdays. I've cleaned 7-8 homes now, and I can tell you on the fingers of one hand, how many have cable or satellite access. The rest only have TV for personal sign-ins to the streaming services, or for DVDs in the game room/kids room. These vacation homes aren't in the middle of nowhere either. Sparklight could hook them up this week if they wanted.

Sparklight wants $250 a month to bundle Internet and cable in my small mountain town. So I passed. No more ESPN for college football/basketball, no more Seahawks on Sundays, no more local news, no more game shows. I don't watch any live TV anymore - the radio is my friend. Because KBOI AM/FM only carried selected Seahawks games, I would listen to KTIK-1350/95.3 Boise on Sundays (church/errands day), and listen to Gridiron Gameday with Pat Boyle for all the NFL scores, didn't even have to look at a TV.
How did I keep track of Boise State football? By listening to KBOI coverage on the radio.

Meanwhile, my mother (in her 60s) has the TV on from day until night (over-the-air), soap operas, news, Extra, talk shows, Price is Right, you name it. She keeps it on even as background noise.

I've watched a handful of programs since I left Yakima. Fox News Election Night, and Penn State running all over my Broncos in the Fiesta Bowl on NYE were two exceptions. That one was at a bar/grill in downtown Boise (was there to watch the Idaho Potato Drop - live).
 
crainbebo said:
BOY...I WONDER WHY???
I clean vacation homes now on weekdays. I've cleaned 7-8 homes now, and I can tell you on the fingers of one hand, how many have cable or satellite access. The rest only have TV for personal sign-ins to the streaming services, or for DVDs in the game room/kids room. These vacation homes aren't in the middle of nowhere either. Sparklight could hook them up this week if they wanted.

Sparklight wants $250 a month to bundle Internet and cable in my small mountain town. So I passed. No more ESPN for college football/basketball, no more Seahawks on Sundays, no more local news, no more game shows. I don't watch any live TV anymore - the radio is my friend. Because KBOI AM/FM only carried selected Seahawks games, I would listen to KTIK-1350/95.3 Boise on Sundays (church/errands day), and listen to Gridiron Gameday with Pat Boyle for all the NFL scores, didn't even have to look at a TV.
How did I keep track of Boise State football? By listening to KBOI coverage on the radio.

Meanwhile, my mother (in her 60s) has the TV on from day until night (over-the-air), soap operas, news, Extra, talk shows, Price is Right, you name it. She keeps it on even as background noise.

I've watched a handful of programs since I left Yakima. Fox News Election Night, and Penn State running all over my Broncos in the Fiesta Bowl on NYE were two exceptions. That one was at a bar/grill in downtown Boise (was there to watch the Idaho Potato Drop - live).
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You'd rather listen to sports on the radio than watch them live on television? :unsure:
 
Street Novelist said:
You'd rather listen to sports on the radio than watch them live on television? :unsure:
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When I was an active follower of one of my hometown soccer teams, I'd often listen to radio in the car or while working.

How many shift workers and the like use radio to follow their team, even today?
 
Shift workers like me have to use the radio. And I like Steve Raible's Seahawks play-by-play. One of the best commentators in the entire NFL.
 


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