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Bluetus

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2. FWIW, the legacy networks are almost completely irrelevant now

Reply to Dave Bowman (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:58 PM

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They get only 10% of the "television" viewership, and that includes lots of sports programming.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5250013-legacy-broadcasters-account-for-just-over-10-percent-of-tv-viewership-in-march/

Meanwhile younger generations are consuming much more from streaming and podcasts. If we were to look at where people aged 20-60 have their eyeballs, I bet the legacy networks would be way under 10%

Other than Sports programming, the only thing I ever see on the legacy networks might be the occasional segment of Kimmel or Colbert, but even that is mostly Youtube clips.

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