Posted on 04/22/2008 10:47:20 AM PDT by abb
One week after media reports cast doubts about Katie Couric’s future on the “CBS Evening News,” the third-place broadcast set a new record low for viewership.
The “CBS Evening News” attracted an average of 5.39 million viewers last week, placing the newscast more than two million viewers behind the second-place “World News with Charles Gibson” on ABC (7.51 million). The “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” ranked No. 1 for the week with 8.17 million viewers.
While the network nightly newscasts have posted audience declines for more than two decades, a new record low for the “Evening News” will likely be seen as another negative indicator about the broadcast. The CBS newscast has ranked below ABC’s and NBC’s for many years.
The previous record low, 5.46 million viewers, was set last September when Ms. Couric visited Iraq.
Two weeks ago, multiple reports said that Ms. Couric and CBS have discussed a potential departure from the “Evening News” after the presidential election. Perhaps some viewers read all the accounts of Katie Couric’s uncertain future at CBS News — and surmised that her evening newscast wasn’t worth watching.
Last week, Les Moonves, the chief executive of CBS Corporation, visited the “Evening News” staff to emphasize his support for Ms. Couric and the broadcast. In accounts of the meeting that were shared with journalists, Mr. Moonves reportedly said “Katie is our anchor today, tomorrow, next week and long into the future.”
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How do these numbers stack up against the cable news shows that are on at the same time, like CNN, MSNBC, FOX and Headline News?...................
Hey CBS, put on conservative news and save yourselves.
I think O’Reilly is now getting more viewers than Katie Kupcake
I think O’Reilly is now getting more viewers than Katie Kupcake
"Long into the future" = Mother's Day 2008
Slouching towards Keith Olbermann territory. Sweet!
For many reasons, i find these half-hour news shows unwatchable.
I prefer the five-minute updates on radio for the headlines. trhen I can search the internet for more detail.
Just my preference.
According to the ratings, you're not alone.
By the end of this decade or shortly thereafter, television networks as we know them today will cease to exist. They will be just another url on the world wide web competing against millions of others.
Network evening newscasts will go dark after the '08 elections and their news divisions disbanded.
Great Stuff!
So, they are still higher than cable news sources.......Then Why are the suits bitching?.....
Thats about 30 % below her nearest competitor. How in the freaking world she can still have a job is beyond me.
She is abrasive, transparent and socialist (Demonrat)...........her problem is that she has a hard time hiding her socialism, unlike news anchors of the past and present (Dan Rather being one that also had a hard time glossing over "Demonrat")..........What's the frequency Kenneth Kennethia?
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Another year or so and the demographics/population set watch CBS, will equal that of the Lawrence Welk SHow.
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