Thursday’s Numbers…
HLN beat MSNBC last night in the Demo. It beat CNN as well. Nancy Grace beat Countdown in the Demo as well and had a big (for her) P2+ number as well. Countdown cracked 1,000,000 Total Viewers last night. O’Reilly once again ruled the night…
Daily Live+SD Ratings for January 17, 2008
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Primetime Total Day Mornings (6-9AM) |
P25-54 P25-54 P25-54 |
P2+ P2+ P2+ |
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6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM |
P25-54 P25-54 P25-54 P25-54 P25-54 P25-54 |
P2+ P2+ P2+ P2+ P2+ P2+ |
I am overwhelmingly disappointed in Olbermann’s third place finish. I guess we can no longer call him “Solid Second Keith”. To think it was Nancy Grace peddling the same smut made famous by Fox News that resulted in her strong second place finish.
Nancy, I make the same challenge I made to Fox News. Let us see you keep your viewers tuned in for a two weeks on a case of an ugly murdered black woman.
Comment by elmonica — January 18, 2008 @ 8:42 pm
Man, >Tucker got beat by Prime News.
Spud, put the CNBC prime numbers up please.
I am sure >Tucker was probably 5th.
So, what?
It’s a loyal base of watchers.
Big night for Big Bill.
Countdown @ the 7 digit mark.
Woah, Nancy. Who got killed?
Comment by Aaron — January 18, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
Get a grip Elmo-they won’t even cover an ugly white woman who is missing, let alone a minority.
Comment by Alison — January 18, 2008 @ 9:42 pm
Elmo and Ali: If the murdered black woman was a Marine, ugly or not, and was murdered by another Marine who disappeared, it would be covered.
And covered
And covered
Comment by Ira — January 18, 2008 @ 11:07 pm
#4 - doubt it.
Military on military murder isn’t all THAT unusual - military bases are communities like any other, with their soap operas, domestic violence and feuds. It was the eight-months pregnant and first missing before being discovered dead and the rape accusation that threw this one into hyperspace.
Comment by Arthur — January 18, 2008 @ 11:23 pm
msnbc should do this just once exspand hardball to
- 2hrs (5 and 6)
- 3hrs (5, 6 and 7) reason he never shuts up and never has enough time to get through his points etc
then try with tucker
- lead in to countown (this would be in comp with shep and i do belive lou dobbs)
- or if all else fails expand harball to 3hrs then have tucker come after countown or live with dan abrams
Comment by Don — January 19, 2008 @ 3:18 am
Artie: Disagree.
Marine on Marine (not just “ordinary” military) crime and Astronaut love triangles will always transcend race.
Comment by Ira — January 19, 2008 @ 1:28 pm
I’m not saying the victim’s race was important - I’m saying it was her rape accusation against the suspected killer and the pregnancy (and the fact that the Marines seemed to be treating her accusation like a joke) that hyped the coverage.
Comment by Arthur — January 19, 2008 @ 2:55 pm
Would it be possible to see some line graphs showing total viewer trends compared for each cable channel? By week or month for the last year or two. This is how you measure the success or lack of success of the managers business and editorial strategies. That is the type of information management is probably looking at to make future decisions. This also might change our perceptions.
Comment by Steve L — January 19, 2008 @ 3:04 pm
I had to laugh at your views of Fox. They may repeat things but at least we know it is the truth and reported fairly, something the other cable news channels are sorely lacking.
No agenda with them.
Comment by Pat — January 21, 2008 @ 12:33 pm