Comments on: Tuesday’s Numbers… http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/ Unvarnished news & opinion on cable news Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:15:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: eddiebear http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65384 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:06:54 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65384 #12: Good point regarding punch up vs punch down. That's why Olby tries to bait BOR/Limbaugh et al into mentioning his name with all of those crazy comments and antics. The moment one of them responds, KO will use it in an ad or brag about it on KOS. #12:

Good point regarding punch up vs punch down. That’s why Olby tries to bait BOR/Limbaugh et al into mentioning his name with all of those crazy comments and antics. The moment one of them responds, KO will use it in an ad or brag about it on KOS.

]]> by: berberry http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65382 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:54:36 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65382 All my life I've gravitated toward lower-rated television programs. I guess my tastes aren't mainstream. I'm a liberal who loves KO and I'd just as soon he remained #2 in the ratings. I usually enjoy his jabs against O'Reilly, and if he were #1 he'd likely have to stop. I used to work in radio and I well remember the unwritten rule that you always punch up, never down. A lower-rated station can gain attention for itself by derisively invoking the name(s) of the top-rated station or its talent (especially if the two stations have a similar format), but the #1 station would be nuts to grant free publicity to its antagonist by responding. I'm sure the same rule applies to news television. But if KO is trying to achieve #1, he could certainly take heart that O'Reilly's show had been on the air for some 5 or 6 years before it began to dominate the ratings, if I remember correctly. And I wouldn't be too excited about Dobbs beating Olbermann in P2+, Kris. Unless of course you really enjoy those erectile dysfunction adverts. All my life I’ve gravitated toward lower-rated television programs. I guess my tastes aren’t mainstream.

I’m a liberal who loves KO and I’d just as soon he remained #2 in the ratings. I usually enjoy his jabs against O’Reilly, and if he were #1 he’d likely have to stop. I used to work in radio and I well remember the unwritten rule that you always punch up, never down. A lower-rated station can gain attention for itself by derisively invoking the name(s) of the top-rated station or its talent (especially if the two stations have a similar format), but the #1 station would be nuts to grant free publicity to its antagonist by responding. I’m sure the same rule applies to news television.

But if KO is trying to achieve #1, he could certainly take heart that O’Reilly’s show had been on the air for some 5 or 6 years before it began to dominate the ratings, if I remember correctly.

And I wouldn’t be too excited about Dobbs beating Olbermann in P2+, Kris. Unless of course you really enjoy those erectile dysfunction adverts.

]]> by: untitled http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65359 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:55:31 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65359 Maybe the should put Lou Dobbs against Olbermann & O'Reilly more often. He did pretty good tonight. Maybe the should put Lou Dobbs against Olbermann & O’Reilly more often. He did pretty good tonight.

]]> by: foxmeansbusiness http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65346 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:11:12 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65346 Amazing!! Hillary exposed today showing her in a white house pic with Rezko, the guy she called a slumlord while attacking Obama in last weeks debate. More amazing is all morning i have been flipping between CNN and MSNBC and not 1 mention of this. Of course the truth tellers at Fox News have shown it a dozen times or so. http://drudgereport.com/flash1.htm Amazing!! Hillary exposed today showing her in a white house pic with Rezko, the guy she called a slumlord while attacking Obama in last weeks debate. More amazing is all morning i have been flipping between CNN and MSNBC and not 1 mention of this. Of course the truth tellers at Fox News have shown it a dozen times or so. http://drudgereport.com/flash1.htm

]]> by: Kris http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65330 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:10:05 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65330 How sweet is it that Lou Dobbs beat out KO? And KO hasn't beat Bill O'Reilly except in his dreams...hell, he can't even beat Bill when Bill is off!!! How sweet is it that Lou Dobbs beat out KO? And KO hasn’t beat Bill O’Reilly except in his dreams…hell, he can’t even beat Bill when Bill is off!!!

]]> by: Christopher http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65317 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:53:57 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65317 chase- Yes, Joe wasn't on Morning Joe on Tuesday. Chris Matthews filled in for him. chase-

Yes, Joe wasn’t on Morning Joe on Tuesday. Chris Matthews filled in for him.

]]> by: Paco http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65305 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:02:59 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65305 Well I suppose it has to be something driving the news cycle, because it certainitly isn't Iraq. Well I suppose it has to be something driving the news cycle, because it certainitly isn’t Iraq.

]]> by: J. Vazquez http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65298 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:23:28 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65298 What happened to Out in the Open? What happened to Out in the Open?

]]> by: chase http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65287 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:00:42 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65287 I'm not sure it's why, but wasn't Joe not on Morning Joe on tues? I’m not sure it’s why, but wasn’t Joe not on Morning Joe on tues?

]]> by: Aaron http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65272 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:12:23 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65272 Nice night for Tucker. Good night for AC 360 vs Greta Larry King is up there Heath Ledger really is driving this news cycle then. >WORLD AFFAIRS >POLITICS >OPINIONS >TUCKER Nice night for Tucker.
Good night for AC 360 vs Greta
Larry King is up there
Heath Ledger really is driving this news cycle then.

>WORLD AFFAIRS
>POLITICS
>OPINIONS
>TUCKER

]]> by: rick http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65266 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:10:20 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65266 I see KO edged out Nancy Grace(barely)to stay out of the cellar for the 8pm slot. I see KO edged out Nancy Grace(barely)to stay out of the cellar for the 8pm slot.

]]> by: Nick D. http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65261 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:38:22 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65261 Hey, Keith.....what happened to your boast you were beating O'Reilly??? You're not even visable in a oversized rear view mirror..... Ain't gonna happen, Bro. Hey, Keith…..what happened to your boast you were beating O’Reilly???

You’re not even visable in a oversized rear view mirror…..

Ain’t gonna happen, Bro.

]]> by: Anonymous http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65260 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:36:33 +0000 http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2008/01/24/tuesdays-numbers-67/#comment-65260 Hey Spud, any luck getting your hands on the CNBC figures? Morning Joe is incredibly volitile in the ratings -- on Monday it had 200k plus in the demo alone, Tuesday it was dead last (even below CNBC). How come? Hey Spud, any luck getting your hands on the CNBC figures?

Morning Joe is incredibly volitile in the ratings — on Monday it had 200k plus in the demo alone, Tuesday it was dead last (even below CNBC). How come?

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