11PM news

MissUtilis · 2015-11-13 11:27:52

Who is even up this late to watch it?

Tre · 2015-11-13 13:24:32

Most young people, though they're probably not getting their news from local network affiliates

Princess Alice · 2015-11-13 14:44:32

I think the idea is that it's right after prime-time ends so you can capture the people who were watching whatever...

lee4hmz · 2015-11-13 15:38:56

And the 10 PM news, at least on the coasts, is an hour earlier for people who want to go to bed sooner.

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-11-13 23:31:34

People who get off late shifts at work. Not the graveyard shift, but the one before it, which covers a pretty large number of people.

I thought this was self-evident, but I guess not?

Anonus · 2015-11-13 23:39:50

I just figured it was for Joe and Jane Sixpack, after getting their fill of Network Programming

Crystal · 2015-11-13 23:41:10

... come again?

Salix Babylonika · 2015-11-13 23:43:14

"Joe and Jane Sixpack" is networkspeak for "the stereotypically average person"

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-11-13 23:43:52

I know you mean to satirise the attitude, but AU, please don't.

Yarrun XIX · 2015-11-14 00:48:01

Joe Sixpack, son of Eric Sixpack, who felled the Mead Lord and claimed the empire in his own name, rightful heir to the Tab of Ages, Godking of the Sacrosanct Plains

LOAD Cherry · 2015-11-14 19:48:17

Liberator of Brews, the Seldom Sober, Hangover-Slayer, and Master of the Broad Brown Throne.

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