Hey, KO is moving up in the ratings race!!

[MsUSA]

FLASH: CABLE NEWS RACE
TUES. MARCH 1, 2005

FNC O'REILLY 2,304,000
FNC HANNITY/COLMES 1,704,000
FNC GRETA 1,615,000
COMEDY DAILY SHOW 1,396,000
CNN LARRY KING 1,364,000
CNN AARON BROWN 842,000
CNN ZAHN 542,000
CNNHN NANCY GRACE 405,000
E! JACKSON TRIAL 403,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 314,000
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 208,000

I know, it's from sludge, sorry. Looks like the Daily Show came in 4th. Also just noticed the top 3 are on fox.

[Fenris]

1. The fact that E!'s coverage of the Jackson Case is not only on the list

but also slightly higher than Olbermann shows how dreadfully fucked this country is.

[rkc3]

3. You're right, but E! has re-enactments on what happened at Neverland.

That's some funny fucking shit.

[doodadem]

2. He's stomping Scarborough

Which makes me happy.
But where's Hardball/Chris Matthews in this?

[Catchawave]

4. MSNBC isn't in as many markets,

...that's one reason their #'s are lower. How else can you explain E!....lol. That is if these numbers are to be believed at all, considering the source, not the poster!

[KharmaTrain]

5. Numbers Get Misinterpreted

Cable ratings are segregated by "genres" or formats...even though it's hard to distinguish between many of them most the time.

Yep, MSGOP is in fewer markets and it's harder to find on most systems (on my system Faux & CNN are on low channels while MSNBC is on 59...right next to the TV Guide Channel).

Also comparing shows by just raw numbers ignores lots of other factors. First, there's no times and dayparts listed. KO is on vs. O'Reilly so there's a comparison there, but there isn't against Van Sustren. Or, I'm sure at 9pm Eastern when Larry King Dead, Insanity and Strawman and the new Bowtie Boy Show come on many do as I do...switch to something else...and that the overall viewership on those channels are different than at 8pm or 10pm.

It's good to see Olbermann beating Joey the Internist...maybe the MSGOP bosses will see that their audience at 8pm is worth more to develop than the one at 10. I think if Bowtie Boy fails, that's why they're warming up Ron Reagan.

CNNservative...useless, hopeless, ruderless and corrupt.

[Catchawave]

6. Proof KO is doing better than FAUX.....

...there's a "watch" group, um, watching him :) I always take this as a good "sign"...maybe not on the Murdoch Ratings Scale, but he has some people noticing....

http://www.olbermannwatch.com/