Chris Cuomo’s new show opens to embarrassing ratings on NewsNation

[TLSG]

Saw a comment, I think in Epoch Times, from a financial advisor that said if a company changes its name for any reason other than a merger it means that company is on its way out. If it has to rebrand itself it does so because it no longer appeals to its core clientele.

I think that's what happened with the ABC Family network. They stopped showing "family-friendly" programming, so they changed their name to Freeform.

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Cuomo, who previously had a primetime show on CNN, started his new gig on Monday, but not that many people saw his efforts. Nielsen said the show only had about 147,000 total viewers and garnered only 8,000 in the coveted 25-to-54-year-old age demographic.


I knew the show would fail.

Let's think about the process by which Cuomo was hired

1) We want a figure to sell and deliver unbiased news show
2) So let's hire a completely divisive hot head who's history is the exact opposite of that

Have I got that right?

[Mr. Independent]

I think that's what happened with the ABC Family network. They stopped showing "family-friendly" programming, so they changed their name to Freeform.

Yeah...around 20 years behind. Their programming stopped being as relatively "family-friendly" beginning at some point in the late 90s and early 2000s and especially after the second half of the 2000s decade.