CNN PLANS SHAKEUP AT HEADLINE (response to dumpster ratings)

NY POST ^ | 2/20/05 | TIM ARANGO

[angkor]

im taking bets that six months from now their ratings between seven and nine will tank ... any takers?

Not here. There's 24 hours a day of "entertainment news" on the E! channel, and 24 hours a day of Nancy Grace et al on Court TV, not to mention the insufferable Abrahmson on MSNBC.

So this is not what one would call a savvy and cutting-edge executive decision.

But they'd see ratings skyrocket if they ran 2 hours of Seinfeld reruns.

[KateatRFM]

Fox could use "Just the Facts, Ma'am" as their advertising slogan for an all-news the old fashioned way programming. Show clips of blather from CNN and intercut with Joe Friday's "Just the facts, ma'am" from the 1950s and you've got a winner.

Another great slogan -- show CNN blather, show real news on Fox, and have the real newscaster say "You can't make this stuff up."

[Publius6961]

"We're doing it because it's a chance to use both of our networks in a complementary way," said Ken Jautz, executive vice president of CNN Newsgroup.

This stuff is too hilarious to make up.
What an idiot!

Being the propaganda arm of the radical faction of the Democrat Party hasn't dragged you far enough into oblivion?
Seeking a quicker death?
What?

[Publius6961]

It would probably do better if it reported all of the news instead of just the half Ted Turner wants you to hear.

Great point!

One would think that they are about to introduce us to more trash programming because they have "run out of" news.

[who knows what evil?]

In primetime last year, Headline News' ratings were largely flat from the year before.

Compared to their parent network; Headline News should count their blessings.

[sergeantdave]

They should get a big round table and seat a dozen liberals sipping kool-aid and whining how evil conservatives are.

They can call it "Kool-aid With Kooks."

[Edit35]

When I want to hear the latest slap at Bush Administration policy, or at Bush's ongoing success in Iraq, or on the GOP plan to reform social security and/or the tax code -- THEN I turn to CNN/Headline News.

Unfortunately, I don't care to hear such drivel, which means that Headline News is simply a flyby channel while I click my way from Discovery to the Movie Channel to Fox News.

[Liz]

When I want to hear the latest slap at Bush Administration policy, or at Bush's ongoing success in Iraq, or on the GOP plan to reform social security and/or the tax code -- THEN I turn to CNN/Headline News.

LOL.....about sums it up.

[Liz]

LOL.....hey, maybe Kool-Aid mfg will even sponsor it.

[College Repub]

They play Headline News in many truck/rest stops, hotels, and other common areas for just that reason.

[Toidylop]

"There's a very high interest among viewers in legal news and entertainment," Jautz said.

They might as well bring the show during the day and make it into soap!!! That may keep their rating on par with "As the world turns..."

[Mad Mammoth]

I do not have a problem with her. She is smart, articulate, and well-informed. She was on 'our' side during the Simpson debacle.

Broken clock. Right. Twice a day.

[wardaddy]

Rudi Bhaktiar nude news coming up next.

[Cyber Liberty]

Deckchairs/Titanic.

[July 4th]

If you want to know what's happening after everyone else, watch Headline News. On FOX News, CNN, etc., when they have breaking news, they stop what they're doing and report it. On Headline News, they might get around to it in the next half-hour.

[Species8472]

[rector seal]

New format is clock that runs backwards. Right four times a day!

[Liz]

Heheh, don't know where they're going, or how to get there.

[Liz]

...in a time warp......

[Liz]

......more like Clothing Optional News......to be politically correct.