Monday, June 18, 2012

Ratings For the Week of June 11-15

1 - Special programming was aired on one night during the week

Rating calculations are weekly averages based on nightly ratings provided by TVNewser with data by Nielsen Media Research. Numbers reflect Live and same day (DVR) data.


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16 comments:

  1. I like the new Breaking News intro that was shown during The Situation Room today. It sounds like iPhone's Siri.

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  2. 360 did the same thing Monday night. Stevie
    Wonder could see that 360's ratings have been
    heading down once Anderson started leading
    the show with pundits. Management made the
    dumb decision to hire all of the pundits at CNN
    so they have to use them or they are wasting
    money. But is it worth destroying 360 trying
    to save Out Front and PMT ? Boring down 360
    is another bad decision by CNN. Al of the news
    that happened today 360 leads with the same
    story they show begin with on Friday.

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  3. CNN should hire George Stroumboulopoulos to
    replace Piers Morgan. PMT ratings are lower than
    Larry King so CNN can no longer defend that move.
    It is long past time for Piers Morgan to go.


    Out Front needs to be replaced by a women's news
    show featuring Isha Sesay, Betty Nguyen, Nicole
    Lapin and a female from Univision. You can hang
    out with your girls and get some news. Just have
    the soundtrack all show long with songs that relate
    to women. Evening Express has a lot of news content and information. The show is too good for
    HLN. After the election move the show to CNN.
    Ryan Smith and Clark Howard would be involved
    in segments as well. It would air from 6-8 PM
    and keep the name Evening Express. Sort of like
    a news magazine show on CNN. No politics.GMA
    finds a way to make 5 or more people work. So
    now EE would have Ryan Smirh, Clark Howard,
    Isha Sesay, Betty Nguyen, Ncole Lapin and a hire
    from Univision. No pundits just like EE on HLN.

    This show would be a better lead in for 360 and
    likely draw higher ratings than Erin Burnett. CNN
    will strongly back 360 & TSR. Look for format
    changes to both shows. KTH was not mentioned
    last night on 360 but the CJR article is right about
    360 having 2 pundits dumb down a discussion.
    360 and TSR needs to be smarter. Both shows
    need to ditch the only political partisans can be
    guests on CNN. Book guests that matter. Other
    journalists, authors, filmmakers and others but
    make it a goal to do more segments without the
    has been pundits.

    It looks like MSNBC might be struggling between
    the hours of Noon- 5 PM. Hardball's ratings are
    trending down. Just last week TV By The Numbers
    posted that Alex Wagner scratched last Monday
    with only 36,000 in the demo. Suzanne Maleaux
    wins her 2 hours, so it is a smart move to add
    international news. TBTN doesn't post noon
    ratings so that was unusual. Could it be they
    are noticing a trend ?

    Finally, hire Aisha Tyler to do a Daily Show type
    news show at 11 PM on CNN.

    So this would be the dream lineup for CNN
    by September 2012 :

    TSR is on from 4-6 PM. Bring back the 2 internet
    reporters. Jack Cafferty is too dull.

    Evening Express now airs on CNN from 6-8 PM.
    Perfect name for that timeslot. Ryan, Isha &
    Clark are now joined by Betty Nguyen, Nicole
    Lapin and a Univision hire.

    360, a much better format and much need
    changes airs at 8 PM

    George Sroumboulopoulos comes to CNN at 9 PM

    360 at 10 PM is now called the 360 Remix. It is
    re-edited with music on the bumps and some
    different segments from the 8 PM show.

    Aisha Tyler comes to CNN at 11 PM.

    Cable news has to adapt and modernize. News
    will always be the strength of CNN but the shows
    don't have to all sound and look alike. If there
    is breaking news you will have Anderson Cooper,
    Isha Sesay, Betty Nguyen and Nicole Lapin. Any
    changes CNN makes will have to be tangible.
    Viewers must be able to see that CNN is working
    to change things at the network but it could be
    to late. How do you get back all of the viewers
    that CNN lost. CNN must concentrate on content,
    story-telling, original reporting, conversational
    writing and segments, look at the camera to
    talk with viewers not at them. Get away from
    opinions. That is not news or information.
    Presentation, delivery, camera moves, brand
    new graphics and transtitinos.Mashing Up the
    news story with relevant info is priceless. Drop
    the crawl and go with real time news updates
    that appear on screen all day long. Form 2-6
    AM CNN should go with a CNN.dot.com format
    featuring video from the website and good
    content that might have occurred on CNN all
    day long.

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  4. Any chance of David Westin, the former president
    of ABC coming to CNN ? He would be way better than
    Jeff Zucker. Bring in Crhis Licht for Ken Jautz's job.
    CNN needs a 3rd member on the management team
    with vast experience in real digital journalism. It will
    be an individual who could make TV & internet sync.
    How about David Neuman who did this at Current
    TV. CNN should hire the entire Vanguard team of
    journalists as well.

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  5. CNN has too much taped programming on weekends.
    Add some shows from CNN I. CNN has less live shows
    on weekends than FNC & MSNBC. Do we really need
    to see shows twice weekends on CNN. It would be
    great to see a live sports show on CNN live at 11 PM
    on Saturday & Sunday.

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  6. Evening Express can just add Betty Nguyen. Monday
    on Evening Express the Do Good story was about
    having a banana split with your kids for dinner to
    pay tribute to a 21 month old baby who has downs
    syndrome and a heart condition. Unfortunately, he
    does not have long to live, so his parents created a
    Bucket List for Baby Ryan Roberts. This is becoming
    one of my favorite shows. Ryan Smith, Isha Sesay,
    Betty Nguyen & Clark Howard sounds good. Last
    week Isha was off a couple of days because of her
    wisdom teeth. Evening Express needs 1 more newsie in the bunch. 2 men/ 2 women.

    Ryan & Clark are good but what if there is a big
    major breaking news story. CNN has never put
    this much into an HLN show. You can see the
    show coming together. I have yet to see a single
    article on Evening Express since the show aired.
    Granted it is only in week 3 and launching during
    the Summer but come on media writers. A cable
    news show dares to be different and gets no press.
    That shows how biased the media writers are.

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  7. I still don't understand why CNN is keeping AC360 on the air. The show is simply not getting the ratings, and is boring.

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  8. Personally, I am not impressed with FNC or MSNBC.
    CNN needs to do it's own thing. Opinion will never
    work for CNN. That is not why viewers come to CNN.
    I like the international hour with Suzanne Malveaux.
    Why can't be extending to 120 minutes of news from
    around the globe. Diverse programming is what CNN
    needs more than anything else. MSNBC is not really
    doing anything that is great. CNN is just terrible. All
    3 are losing viewers. CNN just got hit hard first but
    that also means they can be more creative.

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  9. Evening Express could spell big trouble for CNN.
    Express is getting less than 200,000 viewers but
    the show is either close or topping CNN in the
    demo at 5 & 6 PM. Don't think CNN wants that.
    On Monday, Express had 116,000/39,000 while
    TSR had 427,000/59,000. That is only a 20,000
    difference. Wolf had like 3.5 X their number of
    viewers. That is according to TVN. What's scarier
    is how it is stacking up against CNN at 6 PM. It
    tops or is extremely close to CNN. With audience
    numbers being that low for Express, it means the
    show is finding it's own viewers and not presently
    taking viewers from CNN. Is it possible that the
    show is bringing in non-traditional news viewers
    to HLN ? Keep an eye on this. It will be interesting
    to see how this plays out for the next 6 months.

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  10. CNN go after Strombo now. GMA just hired the son
    of a former Canadian Prime Minister and he works
    for CBC. Agree 100 % move Evening Express to CNN
    from 6-8 PM . CNN needs some energy/ better lead
    in to 360. Surprisingly the trio has chemistry.
    HLN is a crime channel so viewers might think HLN
    is trying to make crime into news stories rather than
    having a legit news show like they did with Erica Hill
    years ago. The show would get higher ratings on CNN.
    I watch Evening Express on the DVR. On FB they are
    gaining hundreds of followers this week. Is there
    a podcast available ?

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  11. 360 continues to insult the intelligence of viewers.
    Last night 360 had on Ali Velshi, John King, Paul
    Begula and Ari Fleischer on to talk about G-20
    and the Eurozone. Neither Fleischer or Begula
    belonged. 360 could care less about viewers and
    they show how littler 360 thinks of viewers night
    after night. We don't matter to 360.

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  12. For once I was glad Ari Fleischer was on 360 because he got schooled and thoroughly humiliated by Ali Velshi on the state of the economy, Ali did not let Fleischer usual lies go unchallenged and it was great, something you rarely see on 360 because Anderson apparently thinks Fleischer can do no wrong and doesn't need any of his statements questioned. I remember once when AC fact checked Paul Begala ON AIR while Paul was on the show, but I'm sure he'd never do that to Ari, but thankfully Ali did.

    Just saw that 360 is bringing on John McCain for more unchecked Obama bashing on Syria and the White House leaks. Most news programs have stopped talking about the leaks, but leave it to AC to not let go of a chance to denigrate the President.

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  13. No McCain thank goodness. It must've been an old AC360 tweet.

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  14. After watching Rachel Maddow last night,
    I now know why CNN's ratings are falling.
    The network is now a part of right wing
    media that 95 % percent of American don't
    listen to, so when they hear non facts on
    CNN they know it. 360 completely missed
    the boat on the contempt vote. It had zero
    to with Fast & Furious. During hearings the
    GOP congressmen are on record saying the
    Obama administration let it happen to limit
    gun rights. The truth is the program begin
    under the Bush administration and Holder
    actually stopped it. CNN relies on right wing
    media for information but it's not based on
    facts. CNN tries to legitimize the conspiracy
    theories in right wing media. CNN is easily
    fooled because they absorb right wing media
    all day long. The people at CNN think it's news
    but 95 % of Americans know better. So all CNN is
    doing is making news for FOX viewers who will
    never watch CNN. How do you write off 95 % of
    Americans who want fact based news. We are
    left wondering what happened to CNN because
    we sure can't find the channel that used to do
    real news and always had people on who knew
    their stuff and offered legit information. Not
    crazy conspiracy theories and comments that
    defy logic. CNN doesn't make any sense. CNN
    basically became ignorant so we seek other
    news alternatives for real news and information.
    CNN will rot your brain and make you an idiot.
    Not without my consent.

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  15. Evening Express works. It is news centered and not
    politically centered like the rest of cable news. No
    pundits. Information matters more and viewers can
    walk away with something from the show. Interviews
    are short,sweet and to the point. Evening Express
    is the standout show on cable news. The show rocks
    and has a good vibe. Ryan Smith, Isha Sesay & Clark
    Howard are a good team. In reality, Evening Express
    does not fit in with CNN programming. The baby
    Rayn story showed up on NBC's website 2 days
    later. Take a look at the new set for Now With
    Alex Wagner. It looks just like the set on Evening
    Express. I went back and read the press release
    on the show. It turns out 2 woman are in charge
    of the show. That explains the tone and vibe.
    The show appears to be the women's show
    mentioned here so many times but not all
    women hosts or music. Too bad the show is
    not repeated later on HLN or CNN. It might not
    be a bad idea for 360 to add Ryan Smith when
    it comes to legal discussions.

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  16. Thank You 12:54PM:
    I have been saying this all along.
    360 needs to go and take Anderson as well.
    Put him on HLN. He wants to do those types of unimportant shows anyway so make him happy and stop
    making everything CNN does about him.
    It hasn't worked and he has become increasingly annoying to watch.
    Love the comment about Stevie Wonder. Very clever.

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