Ms. Couric's producers again want to tinker with the "Evening News," but this time in ways that won't alienate current viewers.
Fox doesn't have to worry much about irritating its current viewers with a change: its audience from 6 to 9 a.m. is too small to be reported, Nielsen said.
Mr. Freston, who says he continues to like his current job too much to leave it, has been at the youth-appeal game for so long that many current viewers of his channels were not even born when he began running MTV.
And to keep current viewers who are game-show fans from changing the channel, GSN has renewed, for a sixth season, its updated version of "The Newlywed Game," with Sherri Shepard as the host, and is developing a new version of "The $100,000 Pyramid".
Go back and watch old comedy shows where they make a bunch of jokes about the current political scene and most will fall flat for current viewers.
And while current viewers may adore the show for its knowing references, that could possibly be a problem for people coming to it in later years.
But even though it hasn't been a huge hit so far (current viewers are only ~200), the Megaupload founder has encouraged fans to continue watching, saying the best is yet to come. .
Some of those clips show a counter for total number of current viewers; others contain a thumbs up or thumbs down icon, suggesting viewers will vote on the content, possibly skipping stuff they don't like (as Pandora does when playing songs).
But the weight of her power in the industry may be lost on current viewers.
A vocal contingent of fans hoped Peter Kraus, Rachel Lindsay's runner-up, would have the gig, while many current viewers of the show barely remember Arie, if at all, from his appearance on "The Bachelorette" in 2012.
