A story that will run in tomorrow’s New York Times claims CBS has been in talks with Time Warner to outsource at least some of it’s news gathering to CNN. Either to pair up CBS reporters with CNN crews or altogether use CNN feeds.
Why? Cost cutting. Of course. So far though no deal has been made. Speculations about CNN teaming up with either ABC or CBS has gone on for years and often when talks were held they’d fall apart soon after.
Someone made a prediction that by 2010 we’ll see the disappearance of a major TV network. Right now NBC and CBS look to be the front runners
Wow. After all these years, one of the major television networks could be gone? Between NBC and CBS, I’d have to say NBC based on how they’ve been doing kind of poorly lately in the ratings compared to CBS, etc. And who, may I ask, made that prediction?
What are you talking about MockTV? CBS is in LAST place.
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The NYTimes article is the source for the following quotes.
“CBS is mired in last place amid the continuing struggles of Ms. Couric, who was given a $15-million a year contract, to attract new viewers.”
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In 2007, however, “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” was in third place, averaging 6.43 million viewers a night, down 13.4 percent from 2006, according to Nielsen Media Research. ABC averaged 8.38 million viewers for its nightly newscast, and NBC averaged 8.29 million viewers. (Fox, the fourth major broadcast network, does not have a national newscast; Fox News is a cable network like CNN.)
In the morning, CBS News is also the perennial third-place finisher. In 2007 CBS’ “Early Show” averaged 2.5 million viewers, less than half that of NBC’s “Today,” which averaged 5.38 million. ABC’s “Good Morning America” averaged 4.77 million viewers.”
I support MockTV’s on the idea that NBC could be gone but not too soon as 2010 as ‘someone predicted’ (i could be wrong though and that someone could be right), i’ve been a fan of some NBC lineup but year after year it seems as they don’t want to keep up nomore, looks like they only rely on Elections and Olympics coverages as their viewership/money makers, MSNBC and great journalists like John Seigenthaler,Jr were the very first victims to their so called NBC 2.0 plan or something, it would be sad to see the Peacock Network die though i’d rather see PBS and not them.
It’s not likely a major network will disappear. What’s more likely is that they will drop local stations in some smaller areas in favor of direct broadcast by satellite, internet and cable, eventually creating full time channels like Lifetime.
NBC is #1 in news, other than that they are #4! Dead last among the Big 4.
As long as OTA frequencies are available, networks will be broadcasting on them.
All you have to do is watch the stories out recently on CBS and it’s not hard to tell what’s going on.
It was just a couple weeks ago that they announced layoffs at CBS owned stations including Miami. That was followed up by this news.
And who cares if CBS becomes CNN news? Honestly, all network and cable news is so similar and they all cover the same events in the same way. What sense does it make?
In today’s world, news operations spend 100’s of millions of dollars a year covering news only to be upstaged by an online journalist or blogger who beats them on the story.
I love it. The sanctimonious media is getting what it deserves after years of taking our viewership for granted and failing to cover real news stories.
Jeez…Well, then, I’m sorry I’m not keeping up with the Times (pun intended), it seemed like NBC and NOT CBS was last in the ratings. I mean, I’ve been hearing about how the Peacock has been struggling lately in the Nielsens, and with all the hit shows on CBS (“CSI:”, “Two and a Half Men,” etc.)… I guess I might have been mistaken, in one way or another. My, how times have changed.
You are confusing news and programming. NBC Nightly beats CBS. CBS prime beats NBC.
All I keep thinking is that as soon as Muscular Dystrophy is cured, Jerry Lewis can have a telethon to keep these poor networks afloat. They are all following the course of General Motors–we have no one bright enough to run the company big, so let’s shrink it down to where a dummy like me can handle it.
they should fire all their reporters, and get rid of WFOR as an affiliate while they’re at it!
Newser. That’s a real insightful and intelligent comment. Well said. Idiot.