I was looking at it in the USA Today the other day... Tuesday or Wednesday, whatever day they run it...
but it was interesting... the broadcast news stations (ABC, NBC, CBS) were all much higher than Fox, like 8 million viewers to 2 or 3 million viewers... I didn't know that?
and overall, their highest ranked show, O'rieley, only had 2 or 3 million viewers... and granted, it's more than any other cable news network... but in the end... it's still only 3 million out of 300 million people? that's like 1 perecent of all Americans that watch Fox News...
I just found it interesting... Fox is leading cable news ratings... but these numbers show... no one watches cable news... relative to the overall population...
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/nielsen-more.htm
2007-02-09 17:00:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
yep.. it's a bit scary to know that only that many watch any news.... frankly... I wish that they watched some kind of news... even if it was Fox...
how accurate are these numbers? very accurate? or not very?
2007-02-09 17:12:41 · update #1
I guess I have heard several times on here that 'Fox News is No. 1 in the ratings and all of America watches it and everyone is a conservative because it's No. 1"... and well... apparently no one watches any cable news much at all...
it was just a surprise... that was all I was saying...
2007-02-09 17:16:50 · update #2
Whats your beef with Fox? Why do all you liberals/Democrats have such a problem with it??? You have CNN and you don't hear us conservative, Republicans whip ourselves up into a frenzy over that station! As for me I don't like CNN so I don't watch it and leave it at that. I don't have this overwhelming need to put it down every chance I get. Just don't watch it and let us without your whining!
2007-02-09 17:12:44 · answer #1 · answered by Brianne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cable news channels have a smaller potential audience than broadcast news. Additionally, much of your national broadcast news comes on right after local b'cast news, so the lead-in viewers usually stay on the same channel. Cable news channels do not target a local audience at all. Further, there is typically a branding aspect that helps attract viewers attention to b'cast that cable news cannot take advantage of. Example-"For all of your news needs, tune in to 6 ABC for Jim Gardner (Philly local) followed by Charles Gibson (ABC national). Only on 6 ABC." Finally, your b'casters are typically in better channel positioning. The big 4 (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX) are typical in the v-band, which is channel 2-13. Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, etc.; are scatterd everywhere above 20 thru 99. Click-through traffic is much greater between 2-13 than it is on the rest of the spectrum.
2007-02-09 17:32:39 · answer #2 · answered by Beachman 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I watch Fox. Love Hannity and Colmes. Not crazy about Bill O. I don't see how anyone can consider themselves to be informed about what is going on in the world without watching news. I watch some of the other stations sometimes but always come back to Fox. Tomorrow a 1:pm (Pacific) there is a show on called "Radical Islam: Terror in it's own words" that sounds interesting. At 6:pm on Sunday Hannity's America is on. That's usually good and then "War stories with Oliver North at 7:00. This Sunday it's 'profiles of families of deployed Marines'. I don't think I know anyone that doesn't watch Fox. As for the polls? They can make them come out any way they want them to just by what kind of questions are asked to whom. They've never asked me, or any one that I know. As for the ones that don't watch the news? Time to look around the real world. You have to out-grow cartoons sometime!!!
2007-02-09 18:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by DixeVil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's been well known all along. The broadcast networks have far bigger audiences than cable channels. That is part of why Libs constant rants against Fox News are so absurd.
2007-02-09 17:09:31 · answer #4 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you add all of the top news networks and shows together, it's only 35 million.
That means only about 10% of the population watches any news at all (outside of "The Daily Show", which I love by the way. Oh, and of course Local "Soft" News.)
That's some scary stuff, too.
Thanks for the link.
2007-02-09 17:06:39 · answer #5 · answered by Richardson '08 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the hassle is - very almost quite everyone thinks they are the pro -- Democrats vs Republicans - Liberals vs Conservatives - FOx vs NBC or CBS -- BLAME the different men aspect! actuality is - there are not any extra instantly information reporting - newspapers or journalists - pay interest heavily and also you'd be able to work out which aspect any reporter or newspaper is leaning -- do not run with a flock of sheep -- imagine for your self -- Your instinct is likely as valid as the different self-proclaimed professional.....
2016-11-26 20:47:51 · answer #6 · answered by vernell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I try to watch them all but have never seen the numbers.
Am always amazed at how so many people can see the same program/story and come away with such opposing views of what was presented.
2007-02-09 17:10:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
News to me. I watch cable news over local every time. MSNBC mostly. I do watch Fox occasionally. I like to try and understand what they could possibly be thinking.
2007-02-09 17:07:21 · answer #8 · answered by apple juice 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well it's been proven time and time again that a station scares you takes you.
2007-02-09 17:05:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder where C-SPAN and C-SPAN 2 match up.
2007-02-09 18:15:30 · answer #10 · answered by freemanbac 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋