OK, this is just a drive by diary with a link and a little commentary, but it's good news.
We've been watching for a couple of years as Keith Olberman has gradually built his ratings up from scratch and Bill O'Reilly's huge ratings have slowly declined.
Well, the happy day when Keith actually passes Billo is right around the corner. TVNewser reports the ratings from Monday October 2. Billo had 389,000 viewers aged 25-54 in the 8:00 EDT hour. Keith had 333,000 viewers in the same hour. That's the age demo the advertisers care about.
I can't verify this, but I think 333,000 viewers in the demo is Keith's all time high. I can't imagine that Keith has been closer to Billo than 56,000 viewers.
I'm looking forward to the day Keith actually passes Billo. Billo's head will explode and Keith will dance on his grave.
The table is on the other side. I hope the formatting sticks.
October 2 ratings:
25-54 demographic: (LS)
Total day: FNC: 296 | CNN: 228 | MSNBC: 161 | HLN: 106 | CNBC: 44
Prime: FNC: 421 | CNN: 341 | MSNBC: 216 | HLN: 198 | CNBC: 50
5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC Gibson: Hume: Shep: O'Reilly: H&C: Greta: O'Reilly:
306 400 442 389 415 457 308
CNN Blitzer: Dobbs: Blitzer: Zahn: King: Cooper: Cooper:
262 342 257 267 396 360 234
MSNBC Matthews: Tucker: Matthews: Countdo.: Scarbo.: Investig.: Investig.:
185 138 156 333 131 184 212
HLN HLN: Prime: Beck: Grace: Beck: Grace: Showbiz:
106/65 46 150 206 221 127 93