CBS Evening News, which under Cronkite overshadowed the rival programmes at NBC and ABC, had a viewership of some 20 million, almost as much as the combined audience of the three shows today, when the national population is half as large again.
Their 18-month-old program, each installment of which is rerun several times on the channel, has a viewership in the hundreds of thousands, as opposed to millions, a spokeswoman for the program said.
"The Parkers," currently the highest-rated African-American show, has a viewership of about 5 million (primarly in black homes), less than half of the numbers posted by "Dharma and Greg".
Its lead-in, "Dance Moms," had a viewership of 1.8 million viewers, according to TVByTheNumbers.
The seventh episode had a viewership of 3.06 million, receiving a 1.8 ratings share in the 18-49 demographic; a series high.
Videos had a viewership per day on average of 1,794.5 for useful videos and 1,132.0 for non-educationally useful videos.
The company provides video technology to media companies and telcos, enabling them to stream their content online such as the Australian Open, or helping ESPN embed videos in tweets.It claims to have a collective viewership of about 200 million across 130 countries each month.
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Analysts say the new channels, which are set to start broadcasting next year, could provide the first serious challenge in years to Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, which have enjoyed a viewership duopoly for much of the past decade.
