This New York Times article reported today that the network most of us have become more familiar with over the past year-and-a-half has fallen to an all-time low as far as prime-time cable news ratings go.
The article stated that in its 30 years of existence, CNN has never received primetime ratings this low; three of its four prime time (7pm to 11pm) shows finished last in total viewers, causing CNN to finish last as a network behind Fox News, MSNBC, and HLN for the third month in the last year.
Adding insult to injury, HLN is a sister network of CNN that even has some of CNN's former TV show hosts who transferred over, meaning CNN is losing to a network it helped create and establish.
The article goes on to make a good point pertaining to the reason CNN is slipping. The recent conflict between the White House/MSNBC and Fox News has increased the popularity of the news networks involved. Because CNN is basically a neutral network, it suffers by losing the interest of viewers.
I guess that even though it is news, MSNBC and Fox News are more opinion-based, which means they are more a form of entertainment than CNN. This proves that in TV, just like in music, print, or any form of media, controversy increases sales (or in this case, viewers).
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CNN is my favorite news network. I love headline news, and Anderson Cooper. I hope that they will bounce back
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of national news, CNN is the first network that pops in my head and the first website I pull up when looking for a story. As for low ratings, maybe it is due to the current lack of controversy on their network.
ReplyDeleteI am sure they will come back though. ratings change with the tides.
I can't believe that all these news stations are dropping in ratings, especially CNN. CNN is very big, and it shocks me that they drop all the way to the bottom in the ratings.
ReplyDeleteI did the same article, and found it unbelievable that people were looking to other stations for there news. It seems to me that people care more about being entertained through news than getting the actual facts. I hope the bounce back without giving into societies entertainment style demands.
ReplyDeleteI definitely didn't know that CNN had fallen behind so much. I always thought Fox and CNN were the top two stations and always thought CNN was just as controversial as Fox was. I do agree with Brian though, ratings are so quick to change. I'm sure they'll come back.
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