CNN’s Ratings Have COLLAPSED!
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More people prefer WWE to real wrestling. Same goes for news too unfortunately
How could that happen to such an upstanding group of people who have the best interests of their viewers and their nation at heart.
Jim Dore, isn't he the guy that wants to eat AOC's panties?
Don Lemon could put people in a coma broadcasting roller derby, I can't stand his smugness. Bring back Chris Cuomo.
Don Lemon could put people in a coma broadcasting roller derby, I can't stand his smugness. Bring back Chris Cuomo.
Assuming it's true, it's less Trump than just weariness from 7 straight years of "culture wars". Trump is still around, but people are used to him and don't goggle at him as much as before. It's like the first 10 times you saw the neighbour's black lab eat cat turds, it was really amusing, but now no one even bothers to watch.
I've always said that the right has different viewing habits than the rest of the spectrum. Righties thrive on anger and they need that anger hit continually. Hence the massive success of Shapiro, Ngo and all the other internet clowns and of Fox. The rest of us are more into our relationships and our jobs and don't construct our lives around what Ben Shapiro or Tucker Carlson is going to say today.
I remember waaaaaaay back in the day I used to watch CNN alot. Enjoyed Larry King live and they used to have a good sports program on at 11:30pm.
I have dibs on AOC's panties!!!!
the irony here is that one of our right wing posters has posted a clip from far leftie Jimmy Dore.......and of course this clip is an older one...because Brian Stelter is on....and he has been gone from Cnn for months.......c,mon Oracle you can do better
The fact that cable news has devolved into a ratings battle reflects everything that is wrong with the world right now.
Nope Dore just released it....Dore references the Stelter bit ''as before when he still had his job''....You did watch the actual video right?
admittedly i only watched the first 5 or 6 minutes........i was intrigued enough to stay with it that long, because it was Jimmy Dore
CNN needs to restructure their programming...if I wanna watch some liberal TV I go with MSNBC...
Letting Brian Stelter go was a good move...but Don Lemon, Jake Tapper, etc have got stale...they need a change.
Letting Brian Stelter go was a good move...but Don Lemon, Jake Tapper, etc have got stale...they need a change.
Dore and Grunwald have come full circle. Rightie-ism is where the $$$$ is. So the far lefties are blending their views with the righties to access that honey-coated wealth-pot hitherto reserved only for rightie grifters.
Yes, someone needs to coach them on the raw meet diet and petting cats.
That's where the big money is now.
A comedian in CNN prime time?
Trying something new might not be a bad idea for a network that has fallen behind Fox News and MSNBC in the prime-time ratings.
Tom Jones
January 17, 2023
So what’s the deal with CNN’s prime-time lineup?
For the past year-plus, CNN’s prime-time schedule has been unsettled.
It all started when Chris Cuomo was bounced from the network — and his coveted 9 p.m. Eastern slot — at the end of 2021. Then last October, Don Lemon was moved to mornings, opening up the 10 p.m. Eastern slot. Throughout it all, CNN has patched together a prime-time lineup following Anderson Cooper’s 8 p.m. Eastern show.
Cooper’s show was extended an hour, while Laura Coates and Alisyn Camerota have been sharing co-hosting duties at 10 p.m.
But CNN could have a real shakeup in store.
Max Tani’s latest media column for Semafor — “CNN is serious about getting into comedy” — reports that the news network is considering adding a comedian type to its prime-time lineup. Names that CNN executives have thought about include Bill Maher, Trevor Noah, Arsenio Hall and Jon Stewart. Tani wrote that Maher might be the most realistic prospect, while Hall is probably not. And, for now, Stewart has a deal with Apple. The idea, according to a Tani source, is a CNN version of John Oliver, who hosts a comedy-news show on HBO.
Rumors of such a show have been floating around for a while now, going back to when Chris Licht took over at CNN nearly a year ago. Licht is the former executive producer of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show at CBS.
Trying to tie a bit of comedy into news is certainly not a new idea. Samantha Bee used to have a show on TBS. Stewart and Noah both had successful runs with “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. Oliver and Maher have had success on HBO. Late-night talk-show hosts, particularly Colbert and Seth Meyers, often dedicate large chunks of commentary to the latest political news.
And in what has been a rather surprise hit, Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld hosts an 11 p.m. Eastern show that takes a satirical approach to the news and typically draws more than 2 million viewers.
So you can see why CNN would at least mull over the idea of an offbeat news show.
In a lengthy profile about Licht in December written by The New York Times’ James B. Stewart, Licht said that CNN prime time is an “open canvas” and that the network was meeting and “throwing things against the wall, looking at off-the-beaten path opportunities.”
On one hand, trying something new might not be a bad idea for a network that has fallen behind Fox News and MSNBC in the prime-time ratings. Then again, it’s risky, too. As The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple wrote, “Perhaps a comedy-entertainment-sports figure could deliver on this ambition. Trouble is, such an experiment could also deliver a programming disaster. Consider a scenario in which said entertainer was on air at the moment that an overseas war broke out, or an earthquake struck, or some statesperson died. Watching the network scramble to switch back into hard-news mode — well, that would surely be entertaining.”
www.poynter.org
The constant attacks on CNN from the MAGA Right seem to have taken their toll on CNN if they are resorting to this to boost ratings.
Trying something new might not be a bad idea for a network that has fallen behind Fox News and MSNBC in the prime-time ratings.
Tom Jones
January 17, 2023
So what’s the deal with CNN’s prime-time lineup?
For the past year-plus, CNN’s prime-time schedule has been unsettled.
It all started when Chris Cuomo was bounced from the network — and his coveted 9 p.m. Eastern slot — at the end of 2021. Then last October, Don Lemon was moved to mornings, opening up the 10 p.m. Eastern slot. Throughout it all, CNN has patched together a prime-time lineup following Anderson Cooper’s 8 p.m. Eastern show.
Cooper’s show was extended an hour, while Laura Coates and Alisyn Camerota have been sharing co-hosting duties at 10 p.m.
But CNN could have a real shakeup in store.
Max Tani’s latest media column for Semafor — “CNN is serious about getting into comedy” — reports that the news network is considering adding a comedian type to its prime-time lineup. Names that CNN executives have thought about include Bill Maher, Trevor Noah, Arsenio Hall and Jon Stewart. Tani wrote that Maher might be the most realistic prospect, while Hall is probably not. And, for now, Stewart has a deal with Apple. The idea, according to a Tani source, is a CNN version of John Oliver, who hosts a comedy-news show on HBO.
Rumors of such a show have been floating around for a while now, going back to when Chris Licht took over at CNN nearly a year ago. Licht is the former executive producer of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show at CBS.
Trying to tie a bit of comedy into news is certainly not a new idea. Samantha Bee used to have a show on TBS. Stewart and Noah both had successful runs with “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. Oliver and Maher have had success on HBO. Late-night talk-show hosts, particularly Colbert and Seth Meyers, often dedicate large chunks of commentary to the latest political news.
And in what has been a rather surprise hit, Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld hosts an 11 p.m. Eastern show that takes a satirical approach to the news and typically draws more than 2 million viewers.
So you can see why CNN would at least mull over the idea of an offbeat news show.
In a lengthy profile about Licht in December written by The New York Times’ James B. Stewart, Licht said that CNN prime time is an “open canvas” and that the network was meeting and “throwing things against the wall, looking at off-the-beaten path opportunities.”
On one hand, trying something new might not be a bad idea for a network that has fallen behind Fox News and MSNBC in the prime-time ratings. Then again, it’s risky, too. As The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple wrote, “Perhaps a comedy-entertainment-sports figure could deliver on this ambition. Trouble is, such an experiment could also deliver a programming disaster. Consider a scenario in which said entertainer was on air at the moment that an overseas war broke out, or an earthquake struck, or some statesperson died. Watching the network scramble to switch back into hard-news mode — well, that would surely be entertaining.”
A comedian in CNN prime time? - Poynter
Trying something new might not be a bad idea for a network that has fallen behind Fox News and MSNBC in the prime-time ratings.
www.poynter.org
The constant attacks on CNN from the MAGA Right seem to have taken their toll on CNN if they are resorting to this to boost ratings.
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The whole "CNN is reshaping its coverage to appeal to right wingers more" seems to not be working.
