Everyone’s Watching Less Network TV: Guess What They’re Doing Instead

Date: Dec 11 2012

Filed under: Company News, Media, Netflix, Comcast, Facebook, News Corp, Walt Disney, Lifestyle

Family not watching TVPrime time isn’t what it used to be.

Fresh data from ratings tracker Nielsen shows an alarming drop in television viewership. ABC, Fox, CBS and NBC have combined for a 9 percent drop in viewers in the coveted 18-to-49 age bracket since the fall season began on Sept. 24.

Media executives are worried, and rightfully so. Only Comcast’s (CMCSA) NBC is better off than where it was a year ago, up a sharp 23 percent. However, it’s hard for NBC to celebrate when Disney’s (DIS) ABC is down 7 percent,…

Everyone’s Watching Less Network TV: Guess What They’re Doing Instead originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-12-10T15:30:00Z.

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