tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post3368658122960148722..comments2023-08-19T05:57:04.215-04:00Comments on All Things CNN: Ratings For The Week of April 20, 2009Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-76198947204562281042009-05-01T18:11:00.000-04:002009-05-01T18:11:00.000-04:00I was just on TV by the Numbers.
Anon 9:47, you m...I was just on TV by the Numbers.<br />Anon 9:47, you might be right.<br />CNN is a sinking ship.It seems like<br />trouble is ahead for CNN for the 5,<br />6,7,8 and 9pm hours. Hardball is<br />starting to have more viewers than<br />Lou Dobbs. Even the Ed Show is doing<br />better against The Sit Room. Funny thing<br />is Roland Martin is starting to get more<br />viewers than Lou Dobbs. But his demos<br />are lousy. The current lineup can not<br />continue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-30469122242250823872009-05-01T16:50:00.000-04:002009-05-01T16:50:00.000-04:00The Daily Show summed up CNN the best.
It's like t...The Daily Show summed up CNN the best.<br />It's like throwing stuff at a wall and hoping<br />it sticks.I am wondering if the experiment<br />of the online polling means something is<br />in the works towards some type of social<br />network.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-54993124370804297202009-05-01T07:46:00.000-04:002009-05-01T07:46:00.000-04:00CNN needs to go back to school to understand
moder...CNN needs to go back to school to understand<br />modern journalism.It is not ideological but<br />informative, it is not talk but a huge selection<br />of topics because audiences have many interests.<br />Modern journalism or broadcast news programs<br />also teach how to cover news on multiple<br />platforms.I also have a problem with the way CNN<br />does graphics and shoots everything off of the<br />huge monitor. What is wrong with full screen ?<br />I understand the use of the monitors when coming<br />out of commercials and a quick look at the stories,<br />but clean up the clutter with the graphics and<br />let's see more full screen video. Also develop<br />some new camera shots and get some modern<br />music or use music from songs that are out <br />there. Also, there is some great reporting out<br />there in Rolling Stone,Vanity Fair, Time and<br />many others. Please hire people who's job<br />it is to search for news on the internet,<br />mags and papers. Ignore the political blogs<br />and talk radio and for goodness sake can<br />the overload of polls and opinion.CNN,<br />MSNBC and FNC are all forcing me to get<br />most of my news from the internet.It is the<br />only way to find out what is really going on.<br />CNN just seems to have gotten out of the<br />news biz.I am becoming a huge fan of Tina<br />Brown , who does the Daily Beast, She took the news biz to task recently for laying off<br />reporters but no pundits. Why is this? What<br />is more important to your existence.<br /> CNN needs to upgrade CNN.com<br />and all of it's blogs.Hello are there any multi-<br />media experts at CNN.I must say this.<br />Martin's program is getting better. It seems<br />someone has realized you need pros who<br />are on CNN. Jessica Yellin is growing on me.<br />Maybe CNN needs to have a program with<br />all of their talent talking about the big stories<br />of the day even on weekends.Also there <br />seems to be a certain arrogance on CNN<br />these days. We know more than Obama or<br />people running things.No you do not you<br />are on tv news and America has a president<br />and cabinet who reads and is actually more<br />informed than the press that covers the<br />administration.Finally, quit sounding just<br />like the Republicans when covering President<br />Obama. When your words sound just like the<br />GOP, in this day and time you have a huge<br />problem. Who's dumb idea was it to hire <br />Bush administration officials and rely on<br />people from the Clinton administration?<br />It is time for these people who have been<br />around on the cable channels chattering<br />for the last 20 years to move off the stage.<br />If CNN is really serious about hearing from<br />viewers give people the chance to submit<br />stories that will be a nightly news program<br />and if you can not figure out a way to use<br />real-time blogging. Don't bother.CNN had<br />better fix the morning show, all hours of<br />Newsroom.TSR, cancel Lou Dobbs and<br />No Bias, retool LKL and let 360 get back<br />to being the hip newscast it once was.<br />But I would not hold my breath. For some<br />strange reason I don't think management<br />has any clue as to how to fix CNN. The<br />100 day fiasco proves than. Oh yeah I<br />forget definitely do something about weekends.<br />Do we really need to see Larry King 7 days a <br />week or TSR reruns on weekends. What is<br />up with airing the same doc money, and <br />political shows on weekends. Why is SOU<br />on for 4 hours if the last hour is a repeat of<br />the first. Until CNN reinvents itself and sends<br />out strong signals to the public what they<br />stand for it is destined to become number<br />4.I have been tracking this CNN's troubles<br />with ratings started last years. For nearly<br />6 months CNN has been in a downturn,<br />with the exception of the presidential<br />election and inauguration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-38016713560464492112009-04-30T21:47:00.000-04:002009-04-30T21:47:00.000-04:00It's no wonder CNN is ranking 4th with the "crapol...It's no wonder CNN is ranking 4th with the "crapola" they pulled on Wednesday on the "swagga" of Pres. Obama. Is CNN serious? Kyra Phillips and TJ Holmes need to be ashamed of themselves. And Kyra had the heart to add that TJ had "swagga" too and that he came in on his day off. Why didn't he stay home? How the hell was that news worthy? That should have been a private conversation. I had to switch after my confusion of thinking I was watching E and not a "news" program. And to make matters worse the music in the background Jay Z and TI's track "Swagga Like Us". You've got to be kidding me!!!! I starting watching CNN in high school, Wolf Blitzer to be exact during the Gulf War. CNN is NO LONGER the leader in news. This was just a new low for an already sinking ship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-42505277655036699782009-04-30T18:47:00.000-04:002009-04-30T18:47:00.000-04:00It is simple CNN is out of touch. I am sick of
wor...It is simple CNN is out of touch. I am sick of<br />words like outrage and angry and phases like<br />keeping them honest and it's your money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-43719005953513827902009-04-30T18:08:00.000-04:002009-04-30T18:08:00.000-04:00Well TV by the Numbers has the ratings for
last ni...Well TV by the Numbers has the ratings for<br />last night. The only bright spot was the actual<br />live press conference. Please Jim Walton,stop<br />it.CNN needs to realize the world has changed,<br />not one single program on CNN actually does<br />the big news stories of the day. President Obama<br />is on to something when he mentions the cable<br />news chatter.It is not worth watching. There was<br />no reason for 360 not be airing in it's regular<br />time slot last night.Zakaria was on to something<br />last night when he did not take the bait for the<br />grade silliness. There has been a realignment<br />in America. The same old faces who played<br />roles in the dumbing down of tv news are still<br />around. When Jon Klein first came to CNN he<br />got rid of Crossfire. There was a sense that<br />finally a network news executive realized<br />people were tired of the blah blah everything<br />is political mess.It makes me tune out. In<br />the modern social network era in America who<br />cares what a commentator on tv thinks. At<br />this rate CNN could become irrelevant. Why<br />do they think it is appropriate for a pundit<br />to handle breaking news. Why can't AC or<br />Erica anchor on breaking news nights,having<br />pundits handle breaking news makes you the<br />FNC. And I think that is the problem for CNN<br />these days they are too much like FNC. Why<br />go there ? People on Digg submit better news<br />items than you see on the air on CNN.It is<br />time for a extreme cable news makeover.<br />No more talking heads. I understand the <br />stories I see,please do not insult my <br />intelligence. Boy Dirty Laundry best describes<br />CNN these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-69308038023560988402009-04-30T15:34:00.000-04:002009-04-30T15:34:00.000-04:00I was just on TV by the Numbers.CNN is number
4 or...I was just on TV by the Numbers.CNN is number<br />4 or lower in the demo 42 % in the 25-54 demo<br />in prime time. Maybe it is time to pull the plug<br />on the stunts like the faux twitter hour and the<br />misuse of technology. CNN needs to hire some<br />one who really understands how to use tech<br />does not look dumb.It is like CNN has switched<br />places with MSNBC. For 10 years MSNBC tried<br />it with the ideologues and they almost did not<br />make it. Stephen Hayes and Bill Bennett got on<br />my nerves.I turned the channel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-76416377880717881342009-04-30T12:48:00.000-04:002009-04-30T12:48:00.000-04:00That national report card was awful.
CNN should ha...That national report card was awful.<br />CNN should have stuck with reporters,<br />Gergen, Zakaria and the intellectuals.<br />Never do this again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-40312791421649264422009-04-29T23:33:00.000-04:002009-04-29T23:33:00.000-04:00CNN is my favorite news channel and has been since...CNN is my favorite news channel and has been since it's inception...BUT..you people switch anchors faster then is prudent..I liked Miles O Brian and Soledad in the morning and now these people I never heard of and 3 hours of wolf is to much..we need more Cafferty and then some stability..you will never get the ratings if we never know from one week to the next who is gonna be on..what ever happened to Aaron Brown? I liked him too...Please get it set...then stick with them for a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-53473871503208282242009-04-29T10:22:00.000-04:002009-04-29T10:22:00.000-04:00CNN needs new and better programs
Monday-Sunday. ...CNN needs new and better programs<br />Monday-Sunday. All of the talk has just<br />made CNN too boring to watch. Hire some<br />40-something hipsters who get the picture<br />as a part of the management.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-62702352032889668062009-04-28T23:27:00.000-04:002009-04-28T23:27:00.000-04:00Wake up CNN.CNN needs to realize that the left
vs ...Wake up CNN.CNN needs to realize that the left<br />vs right ideological game is a thing of the past<br />in America. This country is more diverse and <br />younger and has a population of 300 million <br />plus. The people who buy into this junk watch<br />FNC and listen to talk radio, they will never <br />watch CNN. Talk radio and cable news just<br />do not get it. I am with Phil Griffin, what is<br />CNN suppose to be these days. The troubling<br />thing is that CNN seems to be adding more<br />talking heads, which that CNN needs a good<br />dose of reality. If the network's ratings are<br />going down, why would you do more of the<br />same ? Oh I get it, they are pretty much like<br />the Republican party these days. The world<br />has changed and someone at CNN better<br />wake up before it is too late. Nobody wants<br />to here from pundits and the talk radio crowd<br />that time ended with the election of President<br />Obama, the first 2.0 president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com