Well the
July Ratings are out and Keith Olbermann's Countdown show was MSNBC's #1 show. Looking at the numbers, it appears that
Scarborough Country should be number 1, but Keith produced more viewers with less shows (remember the Special Shuttle coverage). Another interesting lttle tidbit from the numbers is that
On The Record with Greta is very close from displacing Bill O'Reilly at the top of the Cable News Shows. Ouch.
But what really makes this funny is that Keith was on vacation for a good part of July, but the viewers stayed loyal to the show. I think Kossacks had something to do with that.
Here are some numbers from
8/1 - (MSNBC shows
bolded)
5pm: Gibson: 982,000 / Blitzer: 585,000 / HLN: 138,000 / Connected: 145,000 / Kudlow: 172,000
6pm: Hume: 1,349,000 / Dobbs: 422,000 / HLN: 117,000 / Abrams: 192,000 / Mad Money: 201,000
7pm: Shep: 1,464,000 / Cooper: 489,000 / Showbiz: 126,000 / Hardball: 308,000 / Conan: 91,000
8pm: O'Reilly: 2,643,000 / Zahn: 716,000 / Grace: 724,000 / Countdown: 356,000 / CNBC: 131,000
9pm: H&C: 2,220,000 / King: 1,392,000 / Prime News: 301,000 / Situation: 173,000 / Mad Money repeat: 133,000
10pm: Greta: 2,442,000 / NewsNight: 618,000 / Grace repeat: 465,000 / Scarborough: 370,000 / Deutsch: 149,000
Now this was with Keith out. Think what the numbers could be when he is back - 500,000 anyone?