{"id":1510664,"date":"2022-06-10T15:50:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T19:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510664"},"modified":"2022-06-10T15:50:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T19:50:59","slug":"resistance-porn-ratings-fail-jan-6-committee-hearing-crushed-by-young-sheldon-rerun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/resistance-porn-ratings-fail-jan-6-committee-hearing-crushed-by-young-sheldon-rerun\/","title":{"rendered":"Resistance Porn Ratings Fail: Jan. 6 Committee Hearing Crushed by \u2018Young Sheldon\u2019 Rerun"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fresistance-porn-ratings-fail-jan-6-committee-hearing-crushed-by-young-sheldon-rerun%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510664&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><span>CBS opted to bump a <em>Young Sheldon<\/em> rerun from its 8 p.m. primetime slot in favor of the Jan 6. committee hearing on Thursday evening. The decision backfired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Just 3.24 million people watched the network&#8217;s &#8220;Capitol Assault Hearings&#8221; coverage Thursday night, according to the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetvratingsguide.com\/2022\/06\/thursday-tv-ratings-6922-january-6th.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>TV Ratings Guide<\/span><\/a><span>. Exactly one week prior, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetvratingsguide.com\/2022\/06\/thursday-tv-ratings-6222-nba-finals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>3.86 million people<\/span><\/a><span> tuned into CBS to watch a <em>Young Sheldon<\/em> rerun, meaning an old episode of the coming-of-age sitcom garnered roughly 600,000 more viewers than the inaugural hearing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That gap is even more pronounced for new <em>Young Sheldon<\/em> episodes. More than <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetvratingsguide.com\/2022\/05\/thursday-tv-ratings-51922-united-states.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>seven million people<\/span><\/a><span>, for example, watched the show&#8217;s season five finale, titled &#8220;A Clogged Pore, a Little Spanish, and the Future,&#8221; during CBS&#8217;s 8 p.m. slot on Thursday, May 19. Three weeks earlier, 6.9 million people <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetvratingsguide.com\/2022\/04\/thursday-tv-ratings-42822-nfl-draft.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>watched<\/span><\/a><span> a new episode titled, &#8220;Uncle Sheldon and a Hormonal Firecracker.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The revelation suggests that Democrats will struggle to use the hearings to attract voters ahead of the November midterm elections, particularly as Americans experience record-high inflation and gas prices. Just hours after the hearing&#8217;s conclusion, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that inflation rose 8.6 percent in May, the fastest rate in more than four decades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Republicans pointed to that announcement Friday morning to argue that Democrats are not prioritizing issues that are important to voters. Google trend data show midterm voters have &#8220;very low interest&#8221; in the January 6 riots compared to issues including jobs, taxes, and inflation, according to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/midterms-elections-2022-issues-americans-care\/\/?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=editorial&#038;utm_content=politics-midtermsproject\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Axios<\/span><\/a><\/em><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;While President Biden and Nancy Pelosi are detached from reality and focused on their political smokescreen January 6 hearings, Kansas families are struggling just to make ends meet each day as they deal with a level of inflation many of them have never seen in their lifetimes,&#8221; Sen. Roger Marshall (R., Kan.) said in a statement. &#8220;I call on Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats to hold a prime-time hearing on the out-of-control inflation their policies have created,&#8221; House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy added in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1535243581232922624?s=20&#038;t=b_EhX3KV1SMB2EF_KKfVAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Friday morning tweet<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thursday night&#8217;s hearing is not the last for the Jan. 6 committee, which will meet three more times next week alone. Those hearings, however, will almost certainly get fewer viewers\u2014none are scheduled to air during primetime.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS opted to bump a Young Sheldon rerun from its 8 p.m. primetime slot in favor of the Jan 6. committee hearing on Thursday evening. The decision backfired. 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