Is anyone under 50 a regular cable news viewer?

[pstokely]

I wouldn't think so based I the products advertised, I really only need cable for sports, I'd suggest using the parental controls to block them out if you subscribe to cable

[underahedgerow]

1. Who needs cable when everything you ever want to watch is on the internet?

Cable is fast becoming obsolete.

There are many good dedicated channels on the 'net for sports, for free.

[pstokely]

4. a lot of sports are still tied to cable

most of the NCAA tournament is on cable, so is MLB post season and College Football playoff

[JonLP24]

5. I'm not so sure about that

I only watch sports and movie channels and you need access to watch a lot of the sports programming like ESPN 3, ESPN U, the SEC or ACC network. The Fox Sports 1, etc. Big Ten Network and NBC SN. I think the Sunday Ticket is overrated but the NBA League Pass and NHL Center Ice is great but still need Fox Sports for the local teams.

I could try a free site and have where the stream was crappy or nonexistent plus there were virus ads. However on Saturday I'll have endless choices with a perfect stream.

[JonLP24]

2. I used to watch often

When I was 16 to 18 and again when I was 22 to 25 (right around when Olbermann was let go) but recently I don't watch at all I prefer programs such as Frontline or Vice.

[LW1977]

3. Not anymore

I get my news from sites like this. Sarah Palin is actually half-right with he lamestream media comment.. Still dumb as a stump through.

[ginnyinWI]

6. don't think so!

Let's see: my 30-something daughter and husband use free tv and netflix. My 30-something son and his wife only watch downloaded movies and tv shows for the kids, and not that often at that. My other daughter, 40-something doesn't watch anything but DVDs.

My younger brother, early 50s has a Sling box for sports mainly. My other brother, early 60s watches free tv. Gee I don't think I really know anyone who actually gets cable anymore. My mom used to, because she watched Turner Classic Movies.

My parents used to watch cable but they have both passed away. My husband and I had cable or satellite for about 25 years until we woke up to the fact that it wasn't worth the money.

[Divine Discontent]

7. my friends are mostly 40-50 and several do, but I can't think of one person I know under 40

who watches anything scheduled, maybe except some Rachel followers... I wish Keith was back on but that ship sailed, so we'll just enjoy his GQ videos.

[TSIAS]

8. I do

Not as much as I used to, but I still have the programs I watch. Although there is a lot of advertising for life alert, reverse mortgages and the like

[tenderfoot]

9. I cut the cord three years ago...

I miss Turner Classic Movies and Link TV - that's about it. lol.

[neeksgeek]

10. I'm 45 and rely entirely on the internet for news.

I haven't had a cable TV subscription since ... I don't know, 2010? I'm not into sports.

If we want to watch a movie or a show, it might come on broadcast TV, or we can download it. And there's always this fancy new-fangled DVD player. 😁

[Sherman A1]

11. Not being in that age group I don't know, but

I am really close to cutting the cord and shifting to the antenna and Tivo style of programing. The local library has a ton of Dvd's that I can get for free.

[avebury]

15. You may find your reaction to cutting the cable cord like me.

I found that I regret that I hadn't done it a long time ago.

I watch free tv with a decent antenna and I have Netflix. I pay $7.99 the cheapest streaming rate because I don't have to high the highest quality picture because I am usually multi-tasking when the TV is on anyway. I look for the $0.99 weekly movie deal on Itunes every week and if the movie appeals to me I'll rent it with 30 days to watch it.

Given the way that MSM is handling the Presidential race with obvious bias and the lack of fair and balanced reporting, why on earth would any sane person want to watch them anyway? I prefer to get my news from the internet where I have access to other news sources who cover what the US MSM won't cover.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, no.

I stopped right around this time during the 2004 election cycle. It may have even been earlier that year, whenever all the swiftboat shit started. I just couldn't take it anymore.

I'll check in on election night or big news, but.. regular? No fucking way.



Somehow I've managed to be even better informed over the past 12 years. Hmmm.

[LuvNewcastle]

13. I'm almost 47, and I have totally stopped watching tv.

I went without cable for a decade before that. Internet sites like DU are where I get my news. I believe very little that comes from MSM. There isn't much difference between one MSM source and another. If you see one, you've seen them all.

[Agschmid]

14. I'm 31, I usually watch at least Rachel.

If I don't watch it I listen to the podcast.

[TipTok]

16. My office keeps it on as background noise...

... and I enjoy the Sunday talk shows when I get a chance but that's about it.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

17. No, I don't have cable.

I watch tv shows and movies on Netflix mostly and some DVD/Bluray. Read news online.

[bigwillq]

18. Not me (nt)

[Victor_c3]

19. I'm 36, I watch no cable at all

Almost everything I watch is clips from YouTube and such. I read nearly all of my news online. However, as I spend a lot of time in various hospitals and whatnot, I do catch a few minutes of news each week from the TV turned on in waiting rooms.

[Odin2005]

20. Not if TV commercials are any indicator.

TV commercials are a good indicator of the demographics of the people watching the show and a lot of the commercials are stuff for old people.

The last time I watched cable news was when I was in the hospital and there was nothing else to do except watch the hours and hours of memorializing Prince that was so obsessive it was unseemly.

[BigDemVoter]

21. I am OVER 50,and I cut off the cable S-H-I-T many years ago.

Seeing clips of the Lauer loser bloviating about Hillary's over-investigated e-mail non-story just reinforced my opinion of the 4th estate.

[Nye Bevan]

22. I put a new smart TV in my college-age son's room.

It has Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc. all built in. I asked him if he wanted a cable box too as there is a cable outlet already in his room. He looked at me like I was offering to get him a cassette tape Sony Walkman.

[KK9]

23. Over 50 here...

And, I have never in my life subscribed to cable TV. Total waste of money and time. It was broadcast only for me, until the advent of broadband internet and streaming.

[LeftInTX]

24. I'm going on 60

I get most of my news from the internet.

I cannot stand the constant commercials. When there is real breaking news CNN will have limited commercials, so I will watch it then.

[Johonny]

25. The closer I get to 50 the less TV I watch

even less cable news. It's terrible. No news, no perspective, anchors know nothing at all. It's all lies and Internet gossip. The US would be embarrassed by what passes as news coverage here.

[anneboleyn]

26. Early forties. Yes because we watch Game of Thrones and Homeland plus a few other shows

consistently. HBO has notoriously bad streaming services, and we don't want to wait ages for the DVDs to be released. Otherwise for everything else we go online. I occasionally watch CNN during election years (like this one) to hear the various commentators debate the politics but other than that we do not watch anything else on cable regularly. But yes we have it -- I think gen Xers and some millennials have it as people often have high speed internet through their cable services. But they don't watch it regularly -- a lot of shows w/regular hosts (like the Fox News lineup) have an overwhelmingly older audience (the average Fox viewership is like in their seventies)

[sarcasmo]

27. HBO streams great through the Roku.