That's what I'm saying--29 million homes choose to have HBO on their TV, while 102 million homes have FNC on their channel lineup--I'm assuming that FNC is on most "expanded basic" tiers, meaning that only those carrying the "lifeline" tiers (local OTA stations, public access and local origination, shopping channels, perhaps TBS or WGN America or an odd cable channel here and there) don't have availability to FNC. In terms of a "total universe," HBO is probably on virtually every cable and satellite system in America, but the 29 million who pay for HBO is what they care about--and I'm assuming that the 4.1M for Maher is just the Friday night live airing and doesn't count repeats or VOD.
I am also saying that despite all of the "NUMBER ONE IN CABLE NEWS!" sloganeering by AIles & Co., only 2 million of the 102 million available cable homes on average watch Fox News in prime time. Billo pulls between 2.5 and 3 million a night, but Hannity only pulls between 1.5 and 2 million a night (perhaps both get bigger numbers when a big story breaks). In comparison, more people per each program watch Williams, Sawyer and Pelley--and Lehrer on PBS--than watch *any* cable news in prime time. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 8:01 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Despite the cries of the right, "Real Time" pulls an average of 4.1M >> viewers a week while FNC averages in prime time around 2M (and HBO's >> universe is around 70M homes less than FNC's universe), so Bill as at least >> two more years to mock the right and the church and promote smoking weed: >> >> >> http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/hbo-re-ups-real-time-bill-maher-2-more-seasons-37239 >> >> Something you may not know: HBO isn't the most-subscribed premium >> channel anymore--that honor falls on Encore with around 33M homes, I >> presume thanks to many cable systems including the multiplex on their >> digital basic tiers without extra charge. HBO's in around 29M homes. >> > > Once again demonstrating that liberals make fun of conservatives for > entertainment, while conservatives make fun of liberals and consider it > serious news. This is why liberal news and conservative political humor > programs don't do very well. > > I think I am overlooking something obvious in the above - it looks like > you are saying that HBO is in 29 million homes, but has 70 million homes > less than Fox News - but that can't be right, can it? Does the phrase "HBO > universe" encompass more than just HBO? > > -- > 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 -- 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
