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Network vs. Local TV News Consumption

1993-2004
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Although they have both lost audience, network news has more of its audience since 1993 than has local news. One factor is that local TV has expanded dramatically the number of hours it broadcasts, particularly in the morning. 

Source: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

Note: Chart shows percentage of Americans describing themselves as "regular" viewers of network TV news and local TV news. From the 2005 State of the News Media report

Date Posted: March 13, 2005