and i think why the cbs
directors have had such a hard
time accepting the notion of
viacom being brought into cbs.
you know, the key profit center
of viacom are the children's
channels, nickelodeon and its
family of channels
you're talking about kids
program network viewing overall
as a sector down 50% in terms of
ratings in the last four years
and in the last quarter, against
that base, they're down another
25%.
i mean, this is worse than a
melting ice cube
this thing is really going
south.
and i don't think there's any
management change or structural
change that is going to deal
with that underlying industry
issue.
kids are watching netflix.
they're watching youtube
they're playing games.
they aren't out there watching
these channels the way they
were
and so, that's a hell of a
difficult situation to hoist on
a company where network
broadcast television as a whole