CNN Ratings Plunge, Lowest in a Decade

[Dos Equis]

What happened?

CNN Ratings Plunge, Lowest in a Decade
Tuesday, 26 Jun 2012
By Patrick Hobin

Things just keep getting worse at CNN.

The cable news network is absorbing another round of dismal ratings numbers, with primetime viewership down 35 percent and falling off a cliff with a 42 percent drop with viewers aged 25-54, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Daily ratings are now the lowest in more than a decade at 319,000 for the average total viewers, a 35 percent drop and 129,000 adults 25-54, a 45 percent drop.

The primetime shows of Anderson Cooper and Piers Morgan are getting especially battered, seeing overall averages down to 446,000 and just 129,000 with adults 25-54, the Reporter said, which represent 35 and 41 percent drops from the second quarter in 2011. In individual primetime broadcasts, Cooper's 8 p.m. show was down 23 percent in the demo and Morgan sank to 33 percent in adults 25-54.

MSNBC and Fox News Channel also were down in primetime, but by much less. Fox held 1.79 million viewers and MSNBC had 689,000 total viewers, according to the Reporter.

Time Warner is reportedly looking to replace executives at CNN in order to curb the unprecedented ratings slide. Those who run the publicly traded Time Warner, the second largest media and entertainment conglomerate in terms of revenue, have no choice but to take action. Senior executives at the multinational media corporation have put together a list of possible candidates to head CNN Worldwide, according to the New York Post.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/cnn-ratings-plunge/2012/06/26/id/443573

[Roger Bacon]

Fox News disgusted me during the Bush years, I find myself enjoying Fox now that Obama is in office!

[dario73]

Why didn't blacken post this thread? Hmmmm.

[240 is Back]

cnn is now the entertainment network.

we can be on the brink of war or economic collapse, and cnn will have michael jackson's valet's best friend's roommate on to talk about MJ's last days.

[Dos Equis]

Maybe the president offered him a job?

CNN chief Jim Walton calls it quits
Published July 27, 2012
Associated Press

NEW YORK –  CNN chief Jim Walton is quitting, saying the beleaguered news network needs a different leader with a new perspective and plans.

Walton built CNN into a profitable international news organization in his 10 years as boss. But the U.S. flagship network has suffered through some historically poor ratings in the past few months and is entrenched in third place behind rivals Fox News Channel and MSNBC in prime time. He announced his decision in an email to staff on Friday.

CNN historically suffers in the ratings during slow news periods, a fate Fox and MSNBC have minimized for themselves with partisan shows in prime time. Walton has resisted this approach, believing CNN's strength lies in being a nonpartisan news source.

He's 54 and has worked at CNN since 1981.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/27/cnn-chief-jim-walton-calls-it-quits/?test=latestnews

[Purge_WTF]

cnn is now the entertainment network.

  That pretty much goes for all the cable news networks.

  The majority of the anchors on CNN have all the personality of an oak tree.