---
title: "State of the News Media: Network TV"
description: "Heading into 2009, there were some small signs of promise in network news. Viewership of the evening newscasts actually rose in the November, December and January following the 2008 presidential election. It dipped in February and March 2009, but was up again in April."
date: "2010-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2010/03/19/state-of-the-news-media-network-tv/"
categories:
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# State of the News Media: Network TV