Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
Newser - Current News - Breaking Stories

SPONSORED NEWS ARCHIVE

CNN Wins Election Night 2008- CNN Tops All Networks in Total Viewers from 8-12:30a Highest Viewership in CNN's History.

Article from: Albawaba.com Article date: November 08, 2008

Summary: CNN was the most-watched network on television from 8-12:30a on Election Night with 13.3 million total viewers, ABC followed with 12.5 million, NBC had 11.9 million, Telemundo had 8.5 million, FNC posted 8.1 million, CBS averaged 7.5 million, MSBNC had 6.4 million and FOX posted 4.7 million.

CNN's 2008 Election Night coverage dominated the competition and resulted in its highest primetime ratings in the network's 28-year history. CNN topped the cable news competition with an average of 12.3 million total viewers tuning in during primetime (8-11p), a 36% advantage ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
Newser gathers stories from across the web and packs what you need to know into about 120 words.
Check out these stories related to your search. Visit our grid for the latest news.

TV's Gimmickry Diminishes Election

Posted Nov 3, 08 1:27 PM CST in Politics,  Arts & Living,  Opinion 

TV's Gimmickry Diminishes Election
Source: AP Photo

(Newser) – Tomorrow night will be a high-water mark for TV news gadget gimmickry as the networks try to hook some of the millions of viewers who will tune in for election coverage, Rick Kushman writes in the Sacramento Bee. Some, like the technology that will allow TV networks to have instant results, are genuinely important. But most borders on the ridiculous.

NBC will turn Rockefeller Plaza into “Election Plaza” by projecting an Electoral College map onto the ice rink, while CNN anchors will interview Star Wars-esque 3-D projections of representatives from the Obama and McCain campaigns. “The US is also hurting economically, facing complicated and critical foreign policy challenges, and dealing with a planet that is physically changing,” Kushman writes. “There are few people who don't believe these elections are significant and serious. You'd like your news reporters to show that.”

Source: Sacramento Bee

More about:  Election 2008 • television • NBC • CNN • television news • TV ratings • TV networks

MORE RELATED NEWSER STORIES

Is Brady's Injury a Financial Disaster?

CBS execs expect to lose millions, but hope Favre will draw viewers

Newsweek Newsweek Sep 13, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Brady’s season-ending knee injury may have crippled the New England Patriots, but what will it cost in dollars and cents? As the NFL’s marquee player, Tom Brady is a money-making machine—yet executives at CBS, which pays $622 million for the AFC package, won't say how many millions his torn ACL will cost them. "You can't really quantify it," one tells Newsweek . More »

More about:  television • NFL • NBC • New England Patriots • CBS • Tom Brady • TV ratings • ESPN

Networks Aiming to Rein in RedLasso

Copyright showdown looms for video streaming site

CNET CNET May 21, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three of the big networks are trying to get a handle on video syndication website RedLasso, cNet reports. The site records and indexes clips from TV and radio shows, making it easy for bloggers to share and embed them. NBC, CBS and Fox News have issued a cease-and-desist letter ordering the site to stop using their material without permission. More »

More about:  television • NBC • Fox • copyright • blogging • online videos • copyright infringement • TV networks • web video

 CBS May Dump Couric Early 

'Evening News' anchor has brought all-time low ratings

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Apr 9, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - CBS may part ways with "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric as soon as the January 2009 inauguration, and long before her contract expires in 2011, reports the Wall Street Journal , citing anonymous sources from both camps. Network executives are tired of all-time low ratings that began with the switch from Dan Rather to Couric in 2006—after an interim with Bob Schieffer, whose ratings Couric still hasn't bested, the Journal notes. More »

More about:  television • media • CBS • Katie Couric • news anchor • television news • TV ratings • contract • Larry King • Nielsen Ratings • Dan Rather • CBS Evening News


Other Opinion Stories