Whatever else you hold Casey Anthony for, she's partly guilty of this: Ratings at CNN and HLN are down dramatically from last July, as the Olympics, Colorado shooting and the presidential election failed to capture their viewers' attention like Anthony's acquittal did a year ago.
Two bright spots for CNN: Its ratings for July are better than they were in the second quarter, when it recorded its worst monthly primetime numbers in two decades. And Anderson Cooper happened to score a ratings bump in the key demo in the same month he announced he is gay. All of his 8 p.m.