CitizenVectron Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Subscribe to read | Financial Times WWW.FT.COM News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication So I'm sure this will not affect at all how they handle the possibility of Trump running again in 2024. Quote As the news cycle has calmed under Joe Biden's presidency and the pandemic has eased, US media groups have suffered dramatic audience declines, with primetime ratings for cable television news networks CNN and MSNBC falling more than 50 per cent in the third quarter compared with a year ago. Last year's cocktail of Donald Trump, a deadly pandemic, the US presidential election and historic racial protests drove a record interest in following the news — propelling cable TV channels, newspapers and other journalistic enterprises to soaring heights of viewership and revenue. Primetime ratings for AT&T-owned CNN dropped 52 per cent in the third quarter for viewers aged 25 to 54, a key demographic for advertisers, according to Nielsen figures. MSNBC, the left-leaning network owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal, suffered a 51 per cent fall, while Rupert Murdoch's rightwing Fox News faired comparatively better, with primetime ratings falling 37 per cent during the quarter for this demographic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 TV news to Trump: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Corporate news getting desperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 The Trump administration was. a slow moving car crash, people slowed down to watch. Biden isn't that, the last scandal I saw with them was the fact that his son may have paid his cell phone bill for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 It's 2021. Do people still watch TV? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: It's 2021. Do people still watch TV? Yes, mostly old people. It's why Fox News is the highest-rated news network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: It's 2021. Do people still watch TV? That's actually a really important question that more often than not is ignored by the media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 3 hours ago, brucoe said: That's actually a really important question that more often than not is ignored by the media. 10 million people + on average manage to watch Blue Bloods every week, so I guess the answer is yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 4.5 million people watch The United States of Al, a show that is so outlandish I thought it was actors on twitter doing parody skits as a goof when I first saw it: Real, actual humans tune in every week to watch this. The teevee news is still pretty powerful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Not surprising... Trump was ratings gold for Cable News. It's partly how he became President in the first place. All of the free press 24 hour News gave him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Trump on any news station was our version of the Gorilla Channel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 14 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: Not surprising... Trump was ratings gold for Cable News. It's partly how he became President in the first place. All of the free press 24 hour News gave him. And they can't wait to do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 17 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: 10 million people + on average manage to watch Blue Bloods every week, so I guess the answer is yes? The TV Ratings Guide: Friday TV Ratings 10/1/21: Blue Bloods and Magnum PI Tie Lows in Premieres, The Most Magical Story on Earth Solid (UPDATED) WWW.THETVRATINGSGUIDE.COM xxxxx 6 million -- which sounds like a really small number to me. So i guess the answer is, not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 So we should expect to see a lot Trump publicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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