A&E Viewership Tanks After TV Series 'Live PD' Cancelled
By Eric Quintanar
Jul 24, 2020
DailyWire.com
A&E Viewership Tanks After TV Series ‘Live PD’ Cancelled | The Daily Wire
After shelving and cancelling the TV series "Live PD" earlier this summer, A&E has managed to lose nearly half of its prime-time viewers.
According to
The Wall Street Journal, the network has seen a 49% drop in prime-time viewership between June 11 and July 19 when compared to the 2019 figures from market research firm Nielsen. Roughly 53% of the decline in viewership was from adults between the ages of 25-54.
A&E referred to its decline in viewership as a "temporary hit," and anticipated recovering from it in the future with other programs, reports the WSJ. However, A&E's non prime-time ratings have also been affected, albeit not as severely, with the journal noting a 36% drop in daily average viewership.
"Live PD," originally designed to give viewers a more accurate picture of policing in near real-time, was unexpectedly cancelled on June 10 amidst the George Floyd protests.....