Posted on 05/17/2004 2:21:38 PM PDT by NYC Republican
CABLE NEWS WAR
NITE OF FRI, MAY 14, 2004
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FOXNEWS O'REILLY 1.2 [RATING]
CNN LARRY KING 1.1
FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 0.9
FOXNEWS GRETA 0.9
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 0.9
FOXNEWS BRIT HUME 0.8
CNN AARON BROWN 0.8
CNN PAULA ZAHN 0.7
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.4
MSNBC OLBERMANN 0.4
MSNBC NORVILLE 0.2
CNBC DENNIS MILLER 0.1
Too bad about Dennis Miller...his show is awesome...more people need to tune in and they need to show it at 8-11-2 instead of 9-12-4.
I saw part of one show, and thought he was trying too hard... He interviewed someome from PETA, and rather than blast her positions, he tried to be funny... didn't work... I'll give it another shot.
I shut my tv off awhile ago maybe others feel the same.The best way to disagree is to stop watching.Black panties on someones head doesn't do it for me.I'm sure some senators were liken it.
Norville is in the dumpster as well... Nothing noteworthy comes out of her mouth, but she's definitely eye candy, and that (Georgia) accent is sooooo sweet.
Perhaps O'Reilly ratings were low because he was on vacation.
If we had to pick up a convert, why couldn't it be somebody I actually find funny, like...ummmm...
I've actually stopped watching all news for a while now, and get my news from the net, and FR. I still listen to talk radio, but even that's getting hard, with all of the negative news around (and Rush being out today).
Was he on vaca?
AGAIN
Bill was on vacation last week... not that I care about the cable news wars... but this is pretty much a bogus story IMHO....since the guy that gets all the ratings was on vacation.
the only way to let them know is to stop watching.On the radio side I take a 7 minute break at 1 minutes before the hour and turn it on a 6-7 minures after.WABC WAS BAD.
Was she the Ditz who said, while broadcasting from Times Sq., that she was coming from "The Heart of America?"
Yep. Everyone knew he was on vacation all week.
I have been busy the last few days more so than usual but I can't believe the amount of time they have dedicated to American Idol on Fox News and the bogus phone line cramming story...who gives a good crap?
Miller has tanked which sucks because since he got an audience the show has been killer...imo.
When Fox started out....it was such a breath of fresh air to actually HEAR the conservative side of an argument. It had always been 4 libs to 1 moderate conservative on other networks.
Then, O'Rielly's head got too big for his shoulders. Hannity would be better without Colmes. And I don't know of anyone who likes Greta.
They became too obsessed with being "fair and balanced." Their weekend morning show is anything but. I can tune into cnn and see the same garbage. I'm sick of hearing them bash the war and anything in the Bush administration.
I think if Fox would LEAD the way in conservatism (you know, kinda like the other networks do for liberalism) their ratings would go thru the roof. But they won't. They are too worried about what others would write or say about them.
I watch Brit whenever he is on.....the rest of the time..I go to FR. The best for conservative news.
Friday night readings are like weekend polling. They mean nothing,I bet due that Friday nights have a good number of potential viewers that go out and have fun, etc. I don't watch TV on Friday nights either if I stay home or go out with the family. I am more likely to have a movie in the DVD player by 8:00 PM on Friday night.
Plus the anti-Bush callers.
He's on MSNBC...he'll never do well there.
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