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As a business major, I always have a problem with the American Fox News network cable. On the one hand, it was a master stroke of marketing in selling into the Middle American demographic; ". Fox News Babes" an odd mixture of conservative truth combined with arousal through everywhere Always strange to see a complete gentlemen dressed in suits next to the ever-FNBs short skirt (may anchor men should dress like a DJ at strip connections at this level), sleeveless blouses and tight sweaters. But hey, I think Roger Ailes does not mess with a formula that works. On the other hand, Fox News the securities in its primary purpose as a news outlet. Although I do not agree with Hillary Clinton on most things, one thing we can agree on is that Fox News is a manifestation of the lowest common denominator of modern America - a kind of endless WWE broadcasts (America has big guns all the conservative American woman leggy! )
Anyway, I bring this issue behind Hillary Clinton testified before Congress. Fortunately, he admitted the weakness of American television to say he said, in his own words not mine, "we are in the information war and we lose the war." While I do not like references to the war, he really made a good point that al-Jazeera is more like the real news is not Fox News - in particular relating to the departure in the MENA. Something very important though is the lack of carrying al-Jazeera broadcaster in the United States. While some local stations carried, the cable giants like Comcast does not carry it, not like one displays the favorite tea party and all the rest. What is the reason for this omission? This is an open question, although I will (perhaps surprisingly) a discount that reflects poorly on the U.S. government:
(1) The US government actively discourages cable providers from carrying al-Jazeera for ideological reasons. Today, I had the opportunity to meet an honest-to-goodness State Department official prior to Alec Ross speaking about his digital statecraft efforts at the LSE. When I asked whether the US government actively discouraged cable providers from carrying the pan-Arabian channel, he said "no." While it's true that the Bush administration did not view al-Jazeera favourably, and perhaps did not apply direct pressure to the likes of Comcast, it may nonetheless be true that government regulators could have made life difficult for those that did carry the channel. I will give the benefit of the doubt here. At best with Hillary Clinton now lauding al-Jazeera, perhaps it's the Fox News crowd more than the US government that Comcast et al. fear offending during the Obama administration.
(2) Cable service providers are reluctant to pay al-Jazeera's licensing fees when it's cheaper to provide their own content. The State Department official then suggested that the real reason is cable providers prefer providing a vehicle for channels they produce since they don't have to pay for license fees alike those they would have to pay for carrying al-Jazeera. This is a plausible argument. However, it is also possible for cable providers to create a separate, additional package for those who want to watch al-Jazeera and other MENA content and charge viewers accordingly.
(3) By and large, Americans prefer a rose-tinted view of how they are such a positive influence on the world. In its own way, Fox News is a highly advanced manifestation of the white man''s burden. What's more, there are many parts of the Amerocentric blogosphere where you can get this sort of reasoning on a daily basis, so I needn't rehash it here. In this manufactured approach, while US has problems, they are inconsequential compared to those of the rest of the world. Strictly speaking, (1), (2) and (3) are not mutually exclusive. However, my own view is that this explanation is best.
While certain (obviously more on the left than Fox News) Huffington Post readers are now clamouring for al-Jazeera to be carried by US cable service providers, I would be very surprised if Middle America will switch over in droves. For the same reason that the more straightforward CNN is literally walloped by Fox News, I doubt whether the Qatari's erstwhile gift to world media will gain much traction. Fox News redefines mendaciousness by calling its coverage fair and balanced. While you can of course say I am equally slanted, the main difference is I disclose that I am offering my own opinion instead of parading what I say as fair and balanced.
So there you are. To paraphrase Jack Nicholson, the majority of the American public cannot handle the truth. I may be proven wrong, but I simply don't think anyone will dethrone the news T&A crowd anytime soon. Ironically, another place where a media revolution is long overdue is the United States of America.
Fox Rules Tuesday, CBS dense, Repeating Elsewhere
March 11, 2011
THAT IN PROGRAMMING
Friday, March 11, 2011
Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings:
Rules Fox, CBS Solid, Everyone Else in Repeats
Ratings Box:
What's Hot / What's Not
On the Air this Weekend:
Prime-Time Programming Options
TV tidbits:
Note Interest
TV Trivia Time:
Protecting Mayberry
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Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings:
Rules Fox, CBS Solid, Everyone Else in Repeats
Thursday 3/10/11
Note: Data last night now include DVR playback until 3 am local time. One year before the data was based on Live only. All times are ET / PT.
Rtg/Shr
Fox 10.9/17
CBS 8.6/14
ABC 3.2/ 5
NBC 2.0/ 3
CW 0.9/ 1
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Fox: +21, CBS: - 8, CW: -18, ABC: -46, NBC: -56
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-Yesterday’s Winners: American Idol (Fox), The Big Bang Theory (CBS), CSI (CBS), The Mentalist (CBS)
-Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
Nothing….62 percent of last night’s line-up was in repeats. ----------
One hour of American Idol was more than enough to lead Fox to Thursday victory, with a 2.3 metered market rating point advantage over second-place CBS. In the distant No. 3 spot was ABC, followed by NBC and The CW. ABC, NBC and The CW aired all repeats last night (hence the below-average results).
Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)
What’s Hot/What’s Not
Based on the live plus same day ratings for Sunday, March 6, ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour rose to 2.42 million viewers and 730,000 adults 25-54. Comparably, This Week has now improved on it’s year-ago performance in total viewers (+2 percent) and the demo (+ 7 percent) for the third straight week, with growth for the fifth consecutive Sunday.
What follows are the top 20 rated programs in syndication (first-run and off-network) for the week of February 21, based on AA households:
Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)
Prime-Time Programming Options
ABC:
9:00 p.m. Primetime: What Would You Do?
10:00 p.m. 20/20 CBS:
8:00 p.m. The Defenders (season or series finale) 9:00 p.m. CSI: NY
10:00 p.m. Blue Bloods NBC:
8:00 p.m. Who Do You Think You Are?
9:00 p.m. Dateline (two hours)
Fox:
8:00 p.m. Kitchen Nightmares
9:00 p.m. Fringe
CW
8:00 p.m. Smallville (R)
9:00 p.m. Supernatural (R) ----------
ABC:
8:00 p.m. Wipeout (R)
9:00 p.m. Rascal Flatts: Nothing Like This Presented by J.C. Penney 10:00 p.m. Secret Millionaire (R)
CBS:
8:00 p.m. NCIS (R)
9:00 p.m. NCIS: Los Angeles (R)
10:00 p.m. 48 Hours Mystery NBC:
8:00 p.m. Harry’s Law (R)
9:00 p.m. Law & Order: Los Angeles (R)
10:00 p.m. Law & Order: SVU (R) Fox:
8:00 p.m. Cops
8:30 p.m. Cops (R)
9:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted
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ABC:
7:00 p.m. America’s Funniest Home Videos
8:00 p.m. Secret Millionaire
9:00 p.m. Desperate Housewives (R)
10:00 p.m. Brothers & Sisters (R) CBS:
7:00 p.m. 60 Minutes
8:00 p.m. The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business 9:00 p.m. Undercover Boss
10:00 p.m. CSI: Miami NBC:
7:00 p.m. Dateline
8:00 p.m. America’s Next Great Restaurant
9:00 p.m. Celebrity Apprentice
Fox:
7:00 p.m. The Simpsons (R)
7:30 p.m. American Dad (R)
8:00 p.m. The Simpsons
8:30 p.m. Bob’s Burgers
9:00 p.m. Family Guy (R)
9:30 p.m. The Cleveland Show
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Notes of Interest
NBC will air a repeat of this Sunday’s installment of America’s Next Great Restaurant in the Tuesday 10 p.m. hour on March 15 (out of The Biggest Loser) in place of the planned encore telecast of Parenthood. America’s Next Great Restaurant opened to anemic results, with just 4.49 million viewers and a 1.6 rating/4 share among adults 18-49 in the Sunday 8 p.m. hour on March 6.
Psychic medium extraordinaire John Edward, who needs to be back on the air with a regular series, will be featured on the Tuesday, March 15 installment of Sony Pictures Television talker Dr. Oz. Themed “Psychic Mediums: Are They the New Therapists?,” John will conduct readings and discuss how communicating with the deceased can help with the healing process of losing a loved one. Check local listings for airtimes.
Former Beverly Hills, 90210 good guy Jason Priestly has been book for a four episode arc on Syfy drama Haven. Priestley’s character is described as an anti-social marine biologist. Haven will begin production on 13 episodes for season two in Nova Scotia on April 1, with a planned summer 2011 premiere.
TNT has unveiled its summer 2011 schedule, which will include two new series (science fiction themed Falling Skies and light-hearted legal series Franklin & Bash), plus the returns of dramas The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles, Men of a Certain Age, Leverage, HawthoRNe and Memphis Beat. Franklin & Bash, with Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer and two fly-by-the-seat-of-their-pants lawyers, launches on Wednesday, June 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT into the second season-premiere of Men of a Certain Age at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Next are the season-premieres of Memphis Beat and HawthoRNe on Tuesday, June 14 from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT.
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TV Trivia Time:
Protecting Mayberry
a) in his gun
b) in his left sock
c) in his right back pants pocket d) in his shirt pocket
e) under his hat
b) Minnie Driver
c) Edie Falco
d) Parker Posey
e) Mira Sorvino
Is: a) Geena Davis, who appeared in an sixth season episode called “The Accidental Tsuris” (which was a take on Davis’ Academy Award winning role in The Accidental Tourist).
-Current kudos goes to:
Gerry Bixenspan, Barbara Bloomfield, Maram Canawati, Cory Chapman, Jim Colucci, Tom Condosta, John Ferlazzo, Maureen Goldman, Geoffrey Gordon (2x), Michelle Harrington, Bob Ingersoll, Stefanie King, Jim Kittelberger, Synda Kollman, Carol Kruger, Steven Kurtzer, Danny Leclair, Rick Locke, Mark Misiano, Jim Moore, Michael Murphy, David Primuth, Gordon Purcell, Jay Rossi, Neal Sabin, Maxine Shulman, Michelle Stanton, Joe Swaney, Tammy Wiard, Jessica Wolfe, Abbott Wool
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