Wednesday, March 24, 2021

The big 3 Cable News channels are fighting each other, in latest round of Cable journalism wars

On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden became the 46th president in a normal virtual inauguration. Since this day, the big three Cable News Channels of CNN; Fox News; and MSNBC are fighting for successful TV ratings in the Cable journalism wars. Don't tell CNN and Jeff Zucker about that news, as CNN has lost 36% of its primetime viewers since January 21. A recent data study by Nielsen Media Research gave light to the dismal ratings, that CNN President Jeff Zucker is fed up with. About six weeks ago, Zucker announced that he would be stepping down from his high profile role at the end of 2021. When Jeff Zucker leaves in December 2021, he will have spent nine successful years at the Atlanta based network. Speaking of well-known news reporting exits, afternoon anchor Brooke Baldwin is leaving CNN after thirteen successful years. Brooke is a beautiful, well-informed journalist who started working at the cable news channel in hopes of fulfilling one of her career dreams; to work in her hometown of Atlanta. On 2-16-2021, Baldwin started her afternoon (3 pm EST) broadcast by announcing that she's leaving CNN in April 2021. Baldwin mentioned that she does not have another journalism job lined up, as a fallback. Yet, she did mention that her next endeavor is writing her book. Her new book is a writing project, that she has been working on for the past two to three years. Furthermore, Brooke's new book is titled 'Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power.' The book expands on 'huddling' and its incredible trend/experience, that women have embraced on a global level. The definition of 'huddling' in this context is when women depend on one another in politics; activism; and everyday life to support each other in inspiration and collaboration. Whether women face workplace inequity; unequal incomes; and global pandemic, they are a highly potent resource to each other. The world that we live in deserves to be an equal one, for both genders to thrive in. Harper Business is the main publisher, on Brooke Baldwin's book which will be released to the reading public on April 6, 2021. In the next two paragraphs, it's back to the latest round of cable journalism wars and the big three cable news channels fight for viewership in the post Trump era. MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show was the most-watched program in its time slot averaging 4.2 million viewers; in January and February 2021. For Fox News Channel, Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson continue to gain solid viewer/following in the 25-54 age demographics. While Sean Hannity's viewership fell to 3.1 million in the past 60 days, Tucker appears to be ringing in the new viewership for the Murdoch family owned network. Fox News is losing its mantle, as the #1 cable news channel in ratings in the first quarter of 2021. In the final three months of Trump's regime in the White House, Fox News dropped behind CNN and MSNBC. In addition, other fringe competitors like Newsmax and One America News Network (OANN) are trying to snatch up viewers. The fringe competitors are a group of Trump supporters and Republican right wing people. Instead, the fringe competitors are losing to the big three news channels. Fox News had the last laugh on presidential Donald. In contrast, Fox news channel journalists including Maria Bartiromo and Laura Ingraham have lost their credibility with viewers. There should be Fox network meetings/calls to management, that these two contradictory reporters should resign by end of 2021. In closing, see the picture above for the top three cable news channels standing on trust viewership of the news. The Monmouth University Poll was conducted in March 2-5, 2021. Monmouth University Polling Institute has become a highly credible source for public opinion research, since 2005. The public opinion research institute is based in West Long Branch, NJ. The establishment is led by director Patrick Murray. It is time for me to sign off, on another writing piece of thorough informative journalism for the worldly public. Good day!

Friday, March 12, 2021

Golden Globe winners and upcoming Hollywood awards dates for 2021

The 2021 Golden Globes happened on 2-28-2021; and the two hosts were Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Tina Fey was presenting awards in NYC at the Rainbow Room; while Amy Poehler did her hosting from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. There were some recognizable cameos by Kenan Thompson and Maya Rudolph, among other ones. Some of the big Golden Globe winners were Rosamund Pike for 'I Care A Lot' movie; Aaron Sorkin for Best Screenplay for 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' movie; Sacha Baron Cohen for Actor in 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm' comedy movie; and Chadwick Boseman for Actor in 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' movie. Other big winners were Daniel Kaluuya for Best Supporting Actor in 'Judas and the Black Messiah' movie; Jodie Foster for Best Supporting Actress in 'The Mauritanian' movie; and Chloe Zhao for Best Director of 'Nomadland.' Nomadland won the Best Picture award, and the best actress award went to Andra Day for 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' movie. In addition, the Golden Globes awards were a mostly virtual show. The actors and actresses gave acceptance speeches via Zoom, or another Video communications software (like Microsoft Teams; Skype; or Cisco WebEx). There was an audience of less than 50 total people, in NYC and Beverly Hills, CA venues. On March 15, the Academy Awards announcement will happen courtesy of Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra. Nick and Priyanka got married in December 2018. Nick has a new song called 'This is Heaven'; from his newly released 'Superman' album. Next, the awards season continues with the DGA (directors guild of america awards on 4-10-2021); SAG (screen actors guild awards on 4-4-2021); and bafta awards (on 4-11-2021). Producers Guild of America (PGA) awards will happen virtually on 3-24-2021. The WGA (writers guild of america) awards will happen virtually on 3-21-2021. The frontrunners for DGA awards are Chloe Zhao for Nomadland; David Fincher for Mank; and Aaron Sorkin for The Trial of the Chicago 7. Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Women) and Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) were nominated for best director also. Regina King (One Night in Miami) and Florian Zeller (The Father) were nominated surprisingly, for First-Time Feature Film. In terms of the SAG awards, this awards show will be held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA. The DGA awards will be held at 7920 Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles, CA. The BAFTA awards are held at Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The PGA has offices in Los Angeles, and NYC. The WGA has offices in Los Angeles, and Hollywood. In this fifth paragraph, the Oscars will be on April 25, 2021. Once again, Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA will be the venue. Yet, there will be no in-person attendance at this time. There will not be a specific host for the 2021 Oscars, on ABC. In terms of after parties, the Governors Ball is the big one in which all the big winners attend. In closing, this awards season is like no other due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. The amount of crowd attendance will drop tremendously. But, the different awards shows will be on NBC; ABC; TBS; etc. Finally, the low attendance will lead to dismal TV ratings. Hopefully, 2021 is the last year of the covid-19 global pandemic for the entertainment and movie industries. Arrivederci from Hollywood, CA.