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‘It’s A Disaster’: Chaos Explodes At CBS As Ratings Fall, New Hosts Flop
« on: February 21, 2025, 01:02:58 pm »

‘It’s A Disaster’: Chaos Explodes At CBS As Ratings Fall, New Hosts Flop

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on February 21, 2025

By Mark Steffen

A ratings free fall is underway at CBS News as critics pan its transition to a two-anchor evening show format while insiders panic about the rudderless directions they’re receiving from executives who themselves are distracted or sitting on the chopping block.

At the start of the year, “CBS Evening News” debuted John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois in a bid to replace longtime host Norah O’Donnell. The “magazine-style, less headline-driven” format has been a snoozer for audiences while producers fear that executive producer Bill Owens has too much on his plate.

“It’s been critically panned, ratings down week by week and from this time last year,” the source told the Daily Mail. “[Executive Producer] Bill Owens is also overstretched and feeling the pressure with this lawsuit from Donald Trump,” a reference to the $20 billion lawsuit alleging “60 Minutes” deceptively edited its election-year interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Owens, the longtime EP for “60 Minutes,” was enlisted to revive flagging ratings at “CBS Evening News,” which have only fallen further since he took the gig last summer. Some of his early cheerleaders, including CBS News and Stations’ President of Editorial and Newsgathering Adrienne Roark, have left the network, while others, like CEO Wendy McMahon, are rumored to be next in line for axing.

Nielsen ratings released last week and cited by sources show a 14% year-over-year decline for the evening news program.

“I would say it’s a five-alarm fire,” a seasoned former TV news executive confided to Status on Friday.

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Re: ‘It’s A Disaster’: Chaos Explodes At CBS As Ratings Fall, New Hosts Flop
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2025, 01:23:57 pm »
They are stiff as heck. They  both look like they have a dildo stuck up their rectum.   But then...so did that chick Norah.
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Re: ‘It’s A Disaster’: Chaos Explodes At CBS As Ratings Fall, New Hosts Flop
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2025, 01:49:55 pm »
Never watched the CBS morning show, but have seen the promos. Is Gayle King as devoid of personality as she appears? All 3 hosts act like they don't want to be there, and that's just in the promotional spots. Yikes.
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Re: ‘It’s A Disaster’: Chaos Explodes At CBS As Ratings Fall, New Hosts Flop
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2025, 02:10:14 pm »
CBS has been flopping around ever since Rather decided to air a made-up story saying it was fiction but reliable.
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Re: ‘It’s A Disaster’: Chaos Explodes At CBS As Ratings Fall, New Hosts Flop
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2025, 02:49:44 pm »
See BS has richly earned what they are currently getting.
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Re: ‘It’s A Disaster’: Chaos Explodes At CBS As Ratings Fall, New Hosts Flop
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2025, 06:53:39 am »

CBS News facing new ‘disaster' and plummet in ratings after ‘failing' experiment
Story by Lauren DuBois • 9h

It appears changes meant to try and bring ratings back up at CBS News after struggles are failing, plunging the network into a further crisis.

Mainstream and legacy media networks have all been feeling the pinch in recent years as ratings decline across the board, seeing shifts in personnel who leave, shuffling around of schedules, and consideration of layoffs.
 
CBS News was far from immune as other stations like ABC, NBC and CNN all suffered, and as a result, made changes to its evening news show.
 
After Norah O'Donnell left her role as the lead anchor on the CBS Evening News, the network switched to a dual-anchor set-up with Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/cbs-news-facing-new-disaster-and-plummet-in-ratings-after-failing-experiment/ar-AA1zAZGB?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=c78ad751493145eebad3387b6ed639d6&ei=121
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Re: ‘It’s A Disaster’: Chaos Explodes At CBS As Ratings Fall, New Hosts Flop
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2025, 06:55:44 am »
The MSM still hasn't figured out it isn't WHO is reading the news that matters nearly as much as WHAT they are reading that has people dropping them. **nononono*
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