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| Author: | Kathy's Pete [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Maybe There's Hope for America |
After gorging on cooking and redecorating shows on 24-hour cable, it appears viewers have had their fill. Food Network and sister network HGTV -- Scripps Networks' two biggest money-makers -- are seeing troubling signs that their core female fans are starting to look elsewhere for entertaining fare. After years of growth, both networks experienced their first major ratings falloff at the end of last year. In the fourth quarter, Food Network, which helped launch the careers of celebrity chefs Sandra Lee and Rachael Ray, posted a 10.3 percent drop among viewers ages 25 to 54, considered a key category for advertisers. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/c ... z1BjEg8TwB (PS: Pretty interesting thing here: Copying text from the NY Post website automatically adds "Read more:" and the URL of the copied page.) |
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