The audience had declined and the station was thus costing too much per hour compared with other networks.

Because she was such an active member of the church community, her audience respectfully declined her proposal.

By all accounts, the show had not been in top form over the year, and its audience had declined.

The audience watching the conventions has declined markedly, and several network executives have urged that the parties cut them from four days to three.

"The audience for television news on the major networks has been declining for years," he said.

During the same period, according to comScore, the overall audience of instant-messenger users declined by 4 percent, to 72.8 million.

From this high-water mark, however, the show's audience declined, hovering between 5.2 and 6.2 million viewers.

Total audience declined from 1.2 billion in 1960 to 0.2 billion in 1980.

But other venues saw their audiences decline as a result of what officials consider "Sept. 11 anxiety."

Over the six weeks the audience steadily declined.