Can you figure out what these dates have in common?

The answer can be found at the bottom of the list.

4/20/10
4/19/10
4/16/10
4/15/10
4/14/10
4/13/10
4/12/10
4/8/10
4/7/10
4/6/10
4/5/10
3/30/10
3/24/10
3/19/10
3/16/10
3/10/10
3/9/10
3/5/10
3/4/10
3/3/10
3/2/10
2/26/10
2/19/10
2/12/10
2/11/10
2/10/10
2/8/10
2/5/10
2/4/10
2/1/10
1/29/10
1/28/10
1/26/10
1/11/10
1/8/10
1/7/10
1/6/10
1/5/10
1/4/10
12/29/09
12/28/09
2/24/10
2/23/10
2/22/10
2/18/10
2/17/10
2/16/10
2/15/10
2/3/10
2/2/10

These are the recent nights on which CNN has finished 4th or worse in the cable news ratings. According to TVbyTheNumbers.com, the latest Nielsen TV Ratings are worse than ever for CNN.

CNN has finished 4th or worse during 50 nights in weekday primetime among cable news networks in the advertiser target adults 25-54 demo. That’s 61% of the weekday nights so far (the ratings “year” began 12/28/09). On nine of the weekday nights, CNN finished fifth (behind Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC and Headline News).

Nielsen doesn’t like us posting long lists with their ratings, but I don’t see how they can quarrel with a long list of dates. These are the dates on which CNN has finished fourth or fifth in the weekday primetime A25-54 demo.

Damn list is almost as long as the list of Larry King’s wives.

Source: TVbyTheNumbers.com

This post was last modified on April 27, 2010

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  • Upside down the CNN flag looks like (very abstract) a symbol that could be found on an electrical diagram.

    What do the dates have in common?

    4/20/10
    4/19/10
    4/16/10
    4/15/10
    4/14/10
    4/13/10
    4/12/10
    4/8/10
    4/7/10
    4/6/10
    4/5/10
    3/30/10
    3/24/10
    3/19/10
    3/16/10
    3/10/10
    3/9/10
    3/5/10
    3/4/10
    3/3/10
    3/2/10
    2/26/10
    2/19/10
    2/12/10
    2/11/10
    2/10/10
    2/8/10
    2/5/10
    2/4/10
    2/1/10
    1/29/10
    1/28/10
    1/26/10
    1/11/10
    1/8/10
    1/7/10
    1/6/10
    1/5/10
    1/4/10
    12/29/09
    12/28/09
    2/24/10
    2/23/10
    2/22/10
    2/18/10
    2/17/10
    2/16/10
    2/15/10
    2/3/10
    2/2/10

    I would have guessed is showed all the days that Barry Obama could not address the public without use of a script writer and a teleprompter. That or all the days he lied outright to the population. Of course I would be mistaken in that case: The list of dates is way too short and incomplete for that to be the case.