Comments on: CBS Cancels Wednesday ‘60 Minutes’

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 19 May 2005 00:20:59 +0000

The suggestion that the TANG story didn't have anything to do with Rather stepping down is, to put it lightly, a fantasy.

I have good sources on this.

By: JACK ARMY

JACK ARMY — Wed, 18 May 2005 19:37:56 +0000

I'm thinking the same thing, puppets. If the ratings have been going down since the "incident" would that show causation for the declining ratings? It's a bitter pill to swallow, but people just didn't want to watch a show they didn't trust. Also, I would think that "older" audiences are getting bigger everyday. Isn't the baby boom generation considered "older"? If so, that is probably the largest audience segment and the one with the most money.

By: Pandagon

Pandagon — Wed, 18 May 2005 19:08:15 +0000

Bloggers Win! Bloggers Win!
James Joyner, who has apparently decided that credibility is not his bag, pretty much sticks his neck out to be the asshole that leads the other assholes through the Forest of Wrong. Moonves' claims that the scandal that brought down...

By: puppets

puppets — Wed, 18 May 2005 18:57:09 +0000

Well Mr. Moonves, is it possible that it is "slightly" related in that the content (or poor quality thereof) is what caused the drop-off in rating? I would think they are related, very directly.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 18 May 2005 18:18:24 +0000

The Sunday edition has an even older audience than the Wednesday, I thought.

But hey -- that ticker is a stopwatch after all.

Ticktickticktickticktick...

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 18 May 2005 17:39:42 +0000

What's better is that Rather just received a Peabody Award.

By: The MUSC Tiger

The MUSC Tiger — Wed, 18 May 2005 17:30:07 +0000

Like Comedy Manna From Heaven

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By: RR

RR — Wed, 18 May 2005 17:25:22 +0000

"The show also has one of the oldest audiences in prime-time television, considered a turn-off to advertisers."

Well sure - they have the oldest staff in television...

(But hey, I'm getting up there too...)

By: Jeff Quinton - Backcountry Conservative

Jeff Quinton - Backcountry Conservative — Wed, 18 May 2005 15:55:17 +0000

60 Minutes II cancelled James Joyner CBS has announced it is cancelling the Wednesday edition of "60 Minutes," the "news" program infamous for using faked documents to prove that George W. Bush was AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard in the early 1970s....

By: Red State Rant

Red State Rant — Wed, 18 May 2005 15:02:57 +0000

60 minutes II cancelled. where is Rather gonna work now? Outside the beltway CBS has announced it is cancelling the Wednesday edition of "60 Minutes," the "news" program infamous for using faked documents to prove that George W. Bush was AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard in the early 1970s. ...

By: Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin — Wed, 18 May 2005 14:43:56 +0000

GOOD RIDDANCE TO 60 MINUTES
The Wednesday edition of CBS's 60 Minutes, the program that brought us Rathergate, is dead....