FOX NEWS CHANNEL'S FOX & FRIENDS DEFEATS BROADCAST NETWORK FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK...

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[ConservativeMan55]

FOX NEWS CHANNEL’S FOX & FRIENDS DEFEATS BROADCAST NETWORK FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK Thu Apr 17 2003 16:54:06 ET

For the second week in a row, Fox News Channel’s (FNC) morning program, Fox & Friends defeated CBS’s The Early Show across the board, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Despite being available in 25 million fewer homes, Fox & Friends averaged 2,863,000 total viewers to The Early Show’s 2,770,000 viewers for the week ending April 11th. Fox & Friends also posted more viewers in both the key advertiser friendly 25-54 and 18-49 demographics, averaging 1,480,000 and 1,210,000 viewers respectively, to CBS’s 1,234,000 and 1,074,000 viewers in those categories.

[ConservativeMan55]

Whoo-Hoo!! Now we dance!!!!!!!!

[ConservativeMan55]

I'm so happy for all of them!

[godlovesrepublicans]

FOX does have the best looking women.

[SwinneySwitch]

Yippiee!

[ConservativeMan55]

Fox has the smartest, best, most intelligent, and best looking anchors.

[SwinneySwitch]

Greta's a Fox!;^}

[CedarDave]

And unlike "Karbula Katie", Edie smiles!!

[ConservativeMan55]

We should do something to thank them for their excellent coverage.

[SouthernFreebird]

Fox Rox

[Coroner]

Why dont they go on the FOX network and really kick their a$$es!!!

[duckman]

Dhue=Fox

[Caipirabob]

Apparently the avergae viewer despaired with what they saw presented on Network TV, searched for an alternative and found FOX, and never saw a need to change back.

To be perfectly honest, FOX is on almost all the time in our home while the rest of the "Alphabet Soup" is mostly blocked.

[ConservativeMan55]

I agree. I just leave the TV on Fox all day. I don't think I've turned it off of Fox since the war began.

[socal_parrot]

Another sign that Fox and Friends is really kicking butt is that it is live across the country, so it is over by 6 a.m. in the West. The broadcast networks' morning shows are delayed and shown in a more optimum time slot of 7-9 a.m.

[CedarDave]

And here's the kicker. Fox and Friends is live across all time zones -- 4 a.m. on the left coast. How many folks are up that early there? And for the past several weeks, Centcom briefings have taken up the first hour in all time zones and on CNN and MSNBC also. Viewers could have switched to the lamestream networks' morning shows which haven't shown the briefings recently. The daily briefings ended this morning (or maybe tomorrow -- Fox wasn't sure as of this a.m.). The proof will come next week when Fox doesn't have that competition.

Finally, there is a need for an early morning national news show that is live across the other time zones, especially in the heartland (the Red Zone in the last election). For example, ABCCBSNBC shows air at 7 a.m. in each time zone. Their news is delayed 1 hour in the central zone and two hours in the mountain zone. Being in the mountain zone and until I got cable 6 weeks ago, I was forced to listen to my local stations give the same news every half hour over and over again until I left for work. Since my work day begins at 7 a.m., I never was able watch Katie et.al except on a day off. I much more enjoy getting up at 5 a.m. to watch Fox and Friends to start my day.

Congrats to the network for their success. (BTW Paula Zahn is moving to evenings -- pretty soon CNN will be as irrelevant at the alphabet networks.)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

jane skinner

[martin_fierro]

Fox has the smartest, best, most intelligent, and best looking anchors.

I suppose the exception proves the rule. <|:)~

[LS]

It's interesting. After Fox started to gain popularity, I noticed that CNN booted a bunch of its "host-ettes," replacing them with younger, arguably prettier, women.

Yet there is something odd about the CNN women---is it just me?---they all seem to be almost robotic. They are pretty, yet not "attractive."

The Fox women all are smart, and they also all have distinct personalities, which makes them even more beautiful.

Remember the "Stepford Wives?" Sometimes I think CNN is "The Stepford Anchorettes."

[Sir Beowolf]

Good one "FOX ROX" someone send it to FOX

[The Shrew]

FYI,

TS

[CedarDave]

Remember the "Stepford Wives?" Sometimes I think CNN is "The Stepford Anchorettes."

I bet Paula has second thoughts about leaving Fox for the "Complicity News Network"

[narby]

I proudly proclaim my tag line to be:

[FreedomPoster]

It's worth knowing that the audio feed from Fox News Channel is one of the stations included in the channel lineup on XM Satellite Radio. XM is great!

[narby]

The Fox women all are smart, and they also all have distinct personalities, which makes them even more beautiful.

If you just look at the Fox women as bodies, I don't really think they're particularly good looking.

I think they're beautiful BECAUSE of their minds.

[Unknown Freeper]

I watch to see BG Brooks. Seriously, I don't understand how anyone can watch those broadcast morning shows.

[goodnesswins]

And, then, there's my tagline....

[LS]

"If you just look at the Fox women as bodies, I don't really think they're particularly good looking."

Juliette Huddy, Kiran Chetwin, Allison Camarrotta, Jane Skinner . . . . HUH?

[goodnesswins]

Have recently been catching the end of Fox and Friends (Seattle area)....getting up at 4am is a bit of a COMMITMENT....but, hey....we may just start!

[Dutchgirl]

I always want to see this man show up one day and take his place without any announcement or explanation...have every one call him "Steve"

IMHO it was Centcom that put "Fox n Friends" over CBS. Who wants to see their news "filtered" by the media? And can Mike Tobin's pants get any tighter as he chats up the red head? It's better than "The Batchelor"...

[Timesink]

Yet there is something odd about the CNN women---is it just me?---they all seem to be almost robotic. They are pretty, yet not "attractive."

No, it's not just you, and it's not just CNN's women ... their men are just as bad. They are all dull and sullen, because it's CNN's "style" to be dry as dirt.

[ConservativeMan55]

All those people from Whose Line is it Anyways are DemocRATS. Except maybe Drew Carey.

[Hank Rearden]

The network stuff must be truly dreck, to be beaten by the braindead morning crapfest on Fox.

[Stars N Stripes]

I've been getting up at 4:00 AM for years now, just to see Steve E.D. and Brian (and Mancow) every morning here on the south-left coast. I don't need to be to work till 8:00AM, but I just love those guys sooo much! They are the new paradigm of morning news.

PS... Kiran has the most beautiful brown eyes!!!

[ConservativeMan55]

Braindead Morning Crapfest? HUH??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[DaughterofEve]

I love Steve and think he's quite cute...to each his own!

[ConservativeMan55]

Steve is friggin cool.

[PJ-Comix]

Now to knock down the $65 Million Woman and Chia Pet Head.

[FlJoePa]

They've tried this in the past. The FX Channel used to have a great, though much more light-hearted, show called "Breakfast Time" that was SO much more entertaining than any of the other morning shows.

When they realized they had something good, they decided to switch it to Fox to try and compete with the other network shows. They renamed the show "Fox After Breakfast", and basically changed the whole format, eventually dumping cutie co-host Laurie Hibberd (Regis' Gelman's wife) and keeping Tom Bergeron as the sole host.

They also dumped "Bob The Puppet", who was hilarious, got rid of the "Road Warriors", who were arguably the best part of the show, and soon found themselves in the can.

Keep it on Fox News! It's a news program, not a morning show. Don't make the same mistake twice Fox!

BTW, I used to LOVE Breakfast Time. One day they had a then unheard of band of sisters and brothers from Ireland on - and I was very impressed. Turned out to be the Corrs!

[Dead Dog]

Jennifer Eccleston...the desert fox.

[ConservativeMan55]

Yep! I loved Breakfast Time! I was so disappointed that they ruined such an originally great show! Eventually Tom quit the show...and I believe Carol Burnett became the host before it was cancelled.

[HumanaeVitae]

Greta's a Fox!;^}

You forgot the /sarcasm

[Dead Dog]

Almost as hot as my fiance...

[CheneyChick]

Another sign that Fox and Friends is really kicking butt is that it is live across the country, so it is over by 6 a.m. in the West.

Tell me about it.... I get up between 5 & 5:30 just to watch the last portion of the show!

[HumanaeVitae]

I hate to say this, but the most beautiful woman on cable television is not on Fox.

The most beautiful woman on cable television is Rudi Bakhtiar of CNN Headline News. CNN, for some reason, puts her on late at night. This woman is Helen-of-Troy beautiful.

[Stars N Stripes]

"Jennifer Eccleston...the desert fox."

I'd love to be holed up in a bunker in Bagdad overnight with Jennifer... I also love the was she seems to bounce up and down as she reports... ever notice that?

[Common Tator]

Years ago I used to do color on high school basketball games. During the regular season most of our broadcast games pitted two teams both of which were in our broadcast coverage area.

For those games our coverage was very neutral. Our coverage took great pains to be absolutely neutral. But at the end of the season, there were the state tournaments. When one of the teams in our coverage area played a team not in our coverage area, we were very biased for the local team.

This never caused us a problem.

When it is American Democrats fighting American Republicans it is important for news channels to remain neutral. However nearly every channel except Fox skews for the left. But when it is the USA against Iraq, nearly every channel except Fox goes neutral.

When all their was was ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC all skewing left it was hard for us to know the truth. But with Fox Talk Radio and the Internet, the so called major media can no longer convince people they are neutral. Bagdad Bob would have been believeable if we did not have conficting reports. But once we had live vidceo showing the truth Bagdad Bob became a joke.

With the internet and Fox the major media is becomming a joke. With each new national situation, the major media will begin to resemble Baghdad Bob.

The major media keeps telling themselved it is the babes and presentation that is garnering the audience. By the time they figure out their real problem. Fox will be THE MEDIA.

All the major media would have to do is focus group the public to find why Fox is winning the contest for audience. The problem for the major media is not that they lie to the public. Their worst problem is they lie to themselves.

[DaughterofEve]

Steve is friggin cool.

Steve is my total favorite, and I love his humor.

[FlJoePa]

Bob the Puppet used to make me laugh so hard that I would be doing Danny Thomas "spit-takes" with my coffee!

I also remember the "Friday Strut", where the whole crew would dance around the apartment in an effort to get ready for the weekend!

It was the most unique show I can remember watching. You never knew what was going to happen - so you felt compelled to watch for fear that you would miss something!

Oh, and Laurie's short skirts didn't hurt any either!