The network newscasts added 1.5 million pairs of eyeballs in the second quarter this year vs last. Tvnewser does not mention it, but some of this may be due to the Wiener bump, still I find it encouraging.
*********************** http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/broadcast-evening-newscasts-add-more-than-1-5-million-viewers-in-past-year_b73371 "Last year, around this time, we wrote about how the three evening newscast had lost more than a million viewers in a year’s time. Well, what a difference a year makes. With the second quarter of 2011 complete, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News and CBS Evening News have added a combined 1.493 million Total Viewers and 441K A25-54 viewers. The second quarter of 2011 even topped Q2 2009. #1 NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams added the most viewers with 891K (+12% compared to Q2 2010). ABC World News with Diane Sawyer <http://www.mediabistro.com/Diane-Sawyer-profile.html> added 655K viewers (+9%) and the CBS Evening News, anchored the first six weeks by Katie Couric <http://www.mediabistro.com/Katie-Couric-profile.html> and the last six by Scott Pelley <http://www.mediabistro.com/Scott-Pelley-profile.html>, added 387K (+7%)." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
