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Cdn. TV Stations Throw Everything At Coronation. But Will You Watch?
The coronation of King Charles will happen on May 6th and to see it all live, you'll have to get up very, very early on your weekend.
Coverage begins as soon as 3 AM on some networks, 4 AM on others. The CBC is there in force, with CTV sending Omar Sachedina to anchor its coverage. He'll be up against the woman he replaced, Lisa LaFlamme, on the City stations across the country, and Global will also make its presence known.
Add in CP24, CTV News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, Fox and all the major U.S. broadcast networks, and there will be almost nothing else to watch if you turn on your TV Saturday morning. So a lot of time and expense is being put out for this admittedly historical event, the first one ever broadcast live and the only one in the past 70 years. The hype has already begun.
Canadian broadcasters ramp up coronation coverage ahead of main event Saturday
Which brings up the question: are you planning to get up that early on a Saturday morning to watch any or all of it? Or will you stick to the highlights in the news and online later in the day? Or perhaps you have no interest in it at all. There are a lot of resources being spent on this and, excuse the double negative, they obviously can't not cover it.
But is it worth it? Will you watch this "crowning" achievement or simply sleep in?
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I was barely alive for the Queen's Coronation and my parent's didn't get their first tv set until 1957. Didn't watch Chuck and Di's wedding, Di's funeral and the Queen's funeral. Hard pass on Chuck's Coronation. It will be difficult to ignore the highlights. They will be everywhere.
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For all the claims that CBC is propaganda the only area where I think they fall into that category is with royal coverage - though CTV and the rest aren't any better in that regard.
While the networks will probably mention recent polls that show general indifference to the monarchy and that most Canadian would prefer a republic I doubt any of that will actually be reflected in the fawning coverage- which I suppose makes sense as it's not the indifferent or hostile who will be tuning in. I'm not expecting tremendous ratings.
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Hansa wrote:
For all the claims that CBC is propaganda the only area where I think they fall into that category is with royal coverage - though CTV and the rest aren't any better in that regard.
While the networks will probably mention recent polls that show general indifference to the monarchy and that most Canadian would prefer a republic I doubt any of that will actually be reflected in the fawning coverage- which I suppose makes sense as it's not the indifferent or hostile who will be tuning in. I'm not expecting tremendous ratings.
Not when you have to get up at 3 AM, on a Saturday no less. There will be some people who love the spectacle and the historic nature of an event that hasn't happened in 70 years (and the modern media era) but I can tell you these eyes will be closed at that time of the morning. Not a big monarchist!
I rarely watch CBC, but I do know someone, maybe a producer, at CTV Toronto thinks its audience is totally invested in these people. Whenever I watch one of their newscasts, I notice they'll go out of their way to cover anything one of the Royals do. And I mean anything, no matter how irrelevant.
I can't count the number of times I've seen viz of Princess Anne going to a flower show, William attending a charity event or some other obscure family member shaking hands at a local market. Honestly, there's real news out there and they waste airtime on this? When I think how short most newscasts are and how valuable that time is, it drives me crazy.
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I won't be up early to watch the coronation but likely tuning in whenever I get up. Will the coverage be over the top? Yes, likely since the ceremony is over the top. Nobody does pomp and circumstance like the Brits.
The monarchy is a bit like AM radio. It isn't cool to say that you either like it or don't mind it. I am not a monarchist however I have nothing against the royals or the parliamentary system of government. In fact the parliamentary governments tend to be the most stable and get more done than other democracies. However it really depends on who is in power and are they competent.
But I will be watching, Regardless of the network, the coverage will be mostly fawning.
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No word on the ratings here, but in the UK the audience for the Coronation of Charles peaked at just over 20 million. More from the Sun (UK paper). Interesting to notice all of their TV/entertainment news on the page as well...
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I've seen it all before...
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Interesting that the BBC 15.5 million viewers and its closest competitor, ITV got 3.3 million.
People over there overwhelmingly trust their public broadcaster.