Maybe Americans just don't want to watch al-Jazeera

The ratings are in for the first week of al-Jazeera America, and they're horrific.

Al Jazeera America’s launch in place of the failed Current TV network was an unsurprising dud, TV Newser reports.

Available in more than 40 million homes, its initial ratings were
poor for cable news standards. Its best showing of the week was just
54,000 viewers for Thursday night’s Real Money with Ali