But, as just said here, the average age is 65. That is well out of the 18-49 target of most network TV buys.
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"Newsroom culture clash" at CBS News
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As for not messing with 60 Minutes, they did this last night:
ca.news.yahoo.com
‘60 Minutes’ Lets Trump’s Favorite Preacher Deliver Sermon
Donald Trump‘s favorite preacher has delivered a sermon to the masses on TV just hours after the president dropped an F-bomb, as well as threats of actual bombs, on the holiest day of the year for Chr...
even for Rx drug makers?
I thought Paula White was his main conduit to the people wanting to impose their specific Christian beliefs on everyone else and establish an oppressive theocracy.As for not messing with 60 Minutes, they did this last night:
‘60 Minutes’ Lets Trump’s Favorite Preacher Deliver Sermon
Donald Trump‘s favorite preacher has delivered a sermon to the masses on TV just hours after the president dropped an F-bomb, as well as threats of actual bombs, on the holiest day of the year for Chr...
Saw last Monday's Daily Show last night (DVR'ed), where Franklin Graham got up in front of CPAC and said they needed to ensure that Donald Trump was re-elected. (So much for the Constitution, eh?) That inspired a classic Jon Stewart double-take.
Back to CBS...what inept thing will CBS come up with next, I wonder.
How 'bout this?
CBS Sets ‘Late Show’ Replacement: Byron Allen’s ‘Comics Unleashed’
The show, currently airing at 12:35 a.m., will move up an hour the day after Stephen Colbert signs off.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Yeah, that's pretty bad. At least it's not "Gutfeld", but that's about all you can say for it.How 'bout this?
CBS Sets ‘Late Show’ Replacement: Byron Allen’s ‘Comics Unleashed’
The show, currently airing at 12:35 a.m., will move up an hour the day after Stephen Colbert signs off.
I would think the priority would be fixing the CBS Evening News and CBS Mornings (ratings-wise), before you mess with what works (60 Minutes, Sunday Morning).
But that’s the opinion of one man whose experience is all at the local level.
As noted above, this is not just about ratings, but about a political agenda on the part of Ellison and Weiss.
The predominant Silicon Valley start-up mindset these days is that, if something works, it must be defective and needs the brilliant guiding hand of whoever is behind what's trending at the moment. Bari Weiss was brought in to blow it all up good.
As for not messing with 60 Minutes, they did this last night:
‘60 Minutes’ Lets Trump’s Favorite Preacher Deliver Sermon
Donald Trump‘s favorite preacher has delivered a sermon to the masses on TV just hours after the president dropped an F-bomb, as well as threats of actual bombs, on the holiest day of the year for Chr...
At least it wasn't this guy
Pete Hegseth's favorite pastor. (Yes, it's an old article but he makes Franklin Graham look like a piker.)
That may be so, but with so few programs reaching that many indivduals, and any changes unlikely to draw in younger viewers, rocking the boat does not seem like the best policy.
Again, this is not about ratings or revenue. This is about making CBS News as a whole and 60 Minutes in particular less threatening to powerful people and interests.
Realistically it's not really a threat to anyone if they're preaching to the converted, and 85% of the audience is over 55.
The fact is that there is no way to satisfy the media demands of this president. He's now complaining about Fox News:
barrettmedia.com
The fact is that there is no way to satisfy the media demands of this president. He's now complaining about Fox News:
President Donald Trump to Fox News Execs: 'Take Jessica Tarlov Off the Air'
"She is, from her voice, to her lies, and everything else about her, one of the worst 'personalities' on television, a real loser!"
barrettmedia.com
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The average age of ABC, Fox, MSNow, PBS, NBC, and CBS TV news viewers is all in the mid to late 50s.
How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ by age
The median age of regular news consumers ranges from 39 for Univision to 63 for Newsmax.
www.pewresearch.org
Woah had no idea MSNow's median age is updated to the 50's. I seen ones where MS Now Median age when they were MSNBC was 71 but that was before Comcast sent them to Versant to protect Peacock app as the main reason and protecting their streaming channel NBC News Now to lower the median age.The average age of ABC, Fox, MSNow, PBS, NBC, and CBS TV news viewers is all in the mid to late 50s.
How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ by age
The median age of regular news consumers ranges from 39 for Univision to 63 for Newsmax.
I haven't watched much of the new episodes, are they as lame as the old ones are?
Challenging question- humor is wildly subjective. Lame? It’s never been high on the production values end. But the rest probably depends on the feeling about the comics in a given show. But it’s never going to be confused for a high-end show.
The comics are generally "Hey it's that guy/lady from that movie" caliber, but I've seen some on old episodes I recognized like Chris Kattan.
I’ve seen the show described as the Spirit Halloween of comedy TV….and that actually may be spot-on. Serves a purpose, generates some revenue but ultimately is what it is, a space filler for an otherwise empty space.
I recall it being a version of the Bob & Tom formula of prompting comedians to do pieces of their routines. They try to make it seem organic but it usually came across as stilted to me. It's mostly in my memory as a signal that the day's TV entertainment well had run dry and it was time to go to bed.