▁in ▁nature , ▁occurr ing ▁the ▁previous ▁day ▁and ▁those ▁that ▁were ▁light ▁or ▁off be at ▁in ▁quality , ▁with ▁J aff e ▁stating ▁in ▁a ▁Houston ▁Chron icle ▁interview ▁that ▁while ▁the ▁program ▁" st ill ▁[ has ] ▁a ▁component ▁of ▁day - of ▁news ," ▁it ▁was ▁trying ▁to ▁" br ing ▁new ▁stories ▁into ▁the ▁mix " ▁while ▁also ▁not ▁simply ▁updating ▁the ▁same ▁stories ▁featured , ▁" try ing ▁to ▁push ▁the ▁tim eline ▁forward ." ▁Some ▁journal ism ▁anal yst s ▁and ▁profess ors ▁also ▁expressed ▁doubt ▁that ▁the ▁anchor - less ▁format ▁would ▁attract ▁view ers , ▁particularly ▁due ▁to ▁research ▁by ▁the ▁Radio ▁Television ▁Digital ▁News ▁Association ▁suggesting ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁anch ors ▁to ▁both ▁older ▁and ▁younger ▁view ers . ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁first ▁two ▁weeks , ▁ratings ▁for ▁News F ix ▁were ▁lower ▁than ▁under ▁K IA H ' s ▁previous ▁traditional ▁format , ▁with ▁the ▁ 9 : 0 0   p . m . ▁broadcast ▁aver aging ▁a ▁ 0 . 5 ▁rating ▁( down ▁from ▁a ▁ 1 . 0 ▁rating ▁in ▁the ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁swe eps ▁period ). ▁B are ▁expected ▁that ▁view ership ▁would ▁decl ine ▁somewhat ▁among ▁people ▁seeking ▁a ▁conventional ▁new sc ast , ▁but ▁expected ▁the ▁program ▁to ▁draw ▁in ▁new ▁view ers ▁( with ▁comments ▁from ▁view ers ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁" about ▁two - third s " ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁change ). ▁Month ly ▁ratings ▁for ▁the