Report: TV Network Summer Ratings See Big Decline

Hollywood Reporter: Ryan Seacrest appears to have about the same appeal as encyclopedia salesmen in terms of whom Americans want to see show up at their doorstep. Fox’s feel-good “Knock Knock: Live,” emceed and produced by TV’s go-to host, joined summer’s growing list of ratings losers when it debuted July 21 — leaving many to question the value in keeping so many soft performers on the air. “Every summer it seems like there’s a new threshold,” said media analyst Brad Adgate. “The floor is really low.”