CNN's Historic Victory on Final Democratic Convention Night: Top-rated program in all of television

[DeepModem Mom]

TV Newser: CNN's Historic Victory on Final DNC Night



CNN accomplished something on Thursday that had never happened in its more than 28 year history. The 10pmET broadcast of Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was the top rated program on all of television, beating all broadcast networks as well as cable channels.

"We're thrilled with the historic nature of our ratings victory last week," CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein tells TVNewser. "We're glad we were number one, we think we deserved to be and we'll continue to try to earn those numbers moving forward."

Having a cable channel earn the top spot on all of television is extremely rare but not unheard of — Fox News accomplished the feat three times during the RNC in 2004. It was, and still is, the only time it has happened for FNC....But in a head-to-head battle, Thursday's victory was unprecedented for CNN (Wednesday CNN earned a disputed win over the broadcast networks)....

So what does Klein credit with the victory? And how does he think CNN separated from the cabler pack? "I think it says something about media that are available at all times, whether online or cable," Klein says. "We've got the number one news Web site in the world, and that site is available 24/7 on demand. So is our cable channel." But when it comes to besting FNC and MSNBC, Klein credits CNN's spot in the cabler landscape. "There are a lot of people who want unadulterated information without any partisan spin," he says. "The competition has become partisan extremists and we've held down the very important middle ground providing fair, unbiased information."...

Another key point made by many we talked to was the managerial style. "We have a management dedicated to putting the news first," said (Wolf) Blitzer. "What I love about CNN is the news come first. I think viewers appreciate that." The praise comes from other networks as well. One MSNBC insider told TVNewser, "Jon Klein is absolutely brilliant," for putting the "right people," in positions to succeed....

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/2008_conventions/cnns_historic_victory_on_final_dnc_night_93131.asp#more

[grannie4peace]

1. love rains on the good & the bad alike

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Of course, I see this as a victory for us, for Obama, too. Everyone wanted to see the speech.

I doubt CNN, or Fox, will repeat this week.

[Middle finga]

2. CNN should get on the Obama train because Obama is not only

good for the country he's also good for their business and bottom line.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. And the RNC will probably be beaten out by Law and Order reruns.

[DeepModem Mom]

5. Could be! Mika and even Scarborough said tonight that the RNC venue was smaller...

the crowd was smaller, and the "energy" level was lower in St. Paul than in Denver.

[grannie4peace]

6. wow- they are such good reporters!!! we might not have noticed!!!!!