On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Steve Rhodes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yes, some public access shows and many online shows have more viewers than >> Stossel will have for his Fox Biz show (not that he was drawing hordes >> for his ABC specials, but 20/20 still had millions of viewers as opposed to >> thousands). > > It would be nice to know some back story here, if ABC let him know he > had no future there and was giving him a chance to find employment > else where before his contract ended, or if FNC schmoozed him away.
I can only give the very early backstory, dating back to when Roger Ailes tried to helm the "America's Talking" cable network without any known personalities. Since then, he has operated on the principle that big names will translate into big ratings. Imus is well known, as is Stossel. Ailes obviously wants to prove the network can be viable, and launching it with established names is his way of not repeating history. But, as CNBC has proven, the real hard hitters of the business community can't wait the 12 minutes or however long the on-screen stock ticker is delayed, so they don't watch. And most Americans find the day-to-day Wall Street antics to be boring, so they won't watch. Even basic news doesn't get watched unless it contains enough venom to kill a herd of elephants. I just don't know how the folks at Fox Business plan to maintain the high audience numbers advertisers crave, unless they resort to the same sensationalistic, hate-filled tactics as the news-less news channel. "Coming up next, how President Obama is going to force you to buy Disney stock. After that, a special report from our series 'Socialism Run Amuck' about Democrats who want to take the profits from your stock portfolio and spread the wealth to teenagers who will use it to buy drugs and have abortions." -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
