---
title: "State of the News Media 2005: Cable TV"
description: "The challenge for cable news is that it has now reached adulthood."
date: "2005-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2005/03/19/state-of-the-news-media-2005-cable-tv/"
categories:
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# State of the News Media 2005: Cable TV