Unfortunately, the target audience doesn't want "real" News, or so they believe. Morning television seems to believe that the man of the house gets into the car and leaves for work at 7:30 and that the women only want household hints and celebrity gossip. And even if you point out "Morning Edition" to them, they'll say that most people are listening in the car. I wish that PBS' kids shows weren't so lucrative for them (not to mention the only time of day with the possible exception of "Downton Abbey" that they gets viewers under the age of 55--nay, 65), so that they might consider getting into the morning TV news business. But I guess the best to hope for is a half-hour of BBC World News before "Arthur" and "WordGirl."
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:11 PM, M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com> wrote: > This has to be a good thing. The 7am hour used to be almost all capital-n > News, with the fluff constrained to 8am onward. Lately, it feels like - > even with a ton of actual News to report - they can't stop the fluff from > creeping all the way up to the top of the show. And now that they have 4 > hours to kill, there's no reason to reserve the first hour for actual News, > as opposed to celebrity 'news' or true stories of courageous puppies. > > > On Monday, November 12, 2012 9:29:34 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: >> >> Because morning "news" matters to some people... >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/**2012/11/12/today-shakeup-** >> alexandra-wallace-jim-bell_n_**2119899.html<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/today-shakeup-alexandra-wallace-jim-bell_n_2119899.html> >> >> -- >> 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
