Olbermann CRUSHES O'Reilly in ratings matchup

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

Olbermann beats O'Reilly 560 to 446 in the demo on Thursday, May 29.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_thursday_may_29_85993.asp#more

[WA98070]

1. Congrats Keith and MSNBC! Keep it up!

[FrenchieCat]

2. Must be all of those Democrats who got the word as to what

they should watch.

Excellent.

[JoFerret]

39. One more nail in the coffin

.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Great news! K&R.

But will O'Reilly ever admit it? x(

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Hmmm, I thought there was a KO boycott by Clinton supporters. Must not account for much.

[bunnies]

5. So much for the zillions that stopped watching him when he commented on Hillary.

:rofl:

[Purveyor]

6. Way to go, KO!!! Kick it up, kick it up! K&R eom

[woolldog]

7. Only in the 25-54 demo.

O'Reilly still beats Keith handily among total viewership.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Well, my mother watches O'Reilly and she's 80...

That's the reason that they canceled "Murder, She Wrote," even though it did well in the ratings...:shrug:

edited because I guess I wasn't clear... My mother watches O'Reilly, though I've done my best to change her mind...x(

[woolldog]

14. did you read it?

Total Viewers:

Billo: 2495

Keith: 1490

[Rhiannon12866]

27. I believe KO when he says he's winning in the ratings, and he's on every night at my house,

but I also know that demographics count for a lot, since my previous job was writing about TV and so I followed the ratings.

Both "Murder, She Wrote" and "Matlock" bit the dust, even though they were highly rated, but they didn't attract the right demographics, meaning the elderly. I explained to my publicist friends at CBS that my 90-year-old grandmother and her even older gentleman friend were regular viewers of "Murder, She Wrote," so they probably skewed the ratings...:D

[dems_rightnow]

10. Ouch!

OK, it's not close yet, but KO is gaining some ground.

[bagimin]

16. 25-54 is what counts. It's the $ demo allegedly.

[woolldog]

19. Oh. Ok.

I thought the point in bringing up the numbers was to assess the influence of Billo v. Keith

[Yael]

20. And which demographic spends money and drives ad revenues more than that one?

[woolldog]

24. ....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6221162&mesg_id=6221347

[Yael]

28. I opened the thread about 5 minutes before I replied and didn't refresh it

Bad habit of opening threads in tabs.

[woolldog]

34. Shame on you!

:spank:

[Garbo 2004]

26. But it's the money demo that advertisers target & so those ratings count more in terms of

ad buys & $ that can be charged for advertising.

[Tarheel_Dem]

51. Point is, the money demo is 25-54, and it's the only demo advertisers

care about. They don't really care that O'Reilly's show is background noise in every Nursing Home in the country.

[Bensthename]

8. It's about time that ass is taken off of his high horse.

[The Doctor.]

13. That's not a 'horse'...

Trust me... you don't want to know. :evilgrin:

[rurallib]

11. The amazing thing is that MSNBC is on a lot fewer cable systems

Whereas Fuxed is on nearly all of them. So for Keith to turn this trick is truly amazing.

[featherman]

17. That is something rarely mentioned and makes this even more impressive

[Hissyspit]

30. Not to mention, a third of people who watch O'Reilly are only watching him to see him say something

outrageous for entertainment value. They don't particularly believe anything he says.

[Upton]

12. Go Keith!

what happened to all those Clinton backers that claimed his ratings would take a dip due to his support of Obama? Wait a minute, was that the night Scott McClellan was on?

[muntrv]

15. Glen Beck has only a 46. Why the fuck does he still have his show?

[bagimin]

22. comic relief

[Middle finga]

25. It must be a "Right Wing" Thing to keep him on the air

any of top left wing talker could out due Beck's number if they had a show on cable even Mike Malloy, although he might be fined a few times for cursing someone out on the air.

[saigon68]

43. A bigger Ass-Clown would be hard to find

This man is a POS

[Raine]

18. TERRIFIC!!!

:thumbsup:

[Youphemism]

21. Maybe it will follow the Leno/Letterman model

In the early days of the latenight TV wars after Johnny Carson retired, Letterman beat Leno regularly.

Then, one night, Hugh Grant showed up on Leno to explain why he shunned Liz Hurley to have sex with a hooker.

Leno won the ratings war from that night on.

Maybe Scott McClellan is Keith Olbermann's Hugh Grant.

I like to think so, because that puts Bush in the role of the hooker. ("$50, same as in Texas.")

[bigbrother05]

47. Still don't watch Leno, minor talent holding on to a legacy

[Maraya1969]

23. Abrams beat Hannity and Colmes too

[AtomicKitten]

29. Keith O is a progressive journalist that doesn't mince words.

Bravo!

[dana_b]

31. some people of sick of FOX and their shit.

o'Liely, Hannity, all of them. Everytime I channel surf I see more crap on Obama and how "evil" he is. "Oh no! Big, black Muslim scary man who hates America!! Aaaaaaa!!" pure shit.

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

50. Fox News has jumped the shark

[barack the house]

32. That can only bode will for the GE. America are getting it.

[Beacool]

33. You are joking, right????

He only beats O'Reilly in ONE demographic. O'Reilly trounces him overall, as usual.

:eyes:

[KansasVoter]

35. As usual, hillary fan that knows nothing about the issue!

[Beacool]

36. The issue being???

[Upton]

37. Are you an O'Reilly fan now?

taking the same path as many of your fellow Clinton supporters have?

[Beacool]

40. I'm not an O'Reilly fan,

but he has treated her with more respect than the windbags at MSNBC. So, KO wins the 25-54 demographic one night and it's a big deal? MSNBC has become a joke of a network and lost all semblance of objectivity a long time ago. CNN is only slightly better. I get most of my news from PBS, C-Span and foreign sources.

[KansasVoter]

41. When the idiots at HillaryClintonForum.net.......

Started promoting Limbaugh I knew where hillary was going.

[Upton]

42. Interesting answer

first you deny being an O'Reilly fan, then go on to praise him. Unfortunately, this embracing of Fox and other RW outlets has become a pattern with Clinton supporters. BTW, from what I can tell CNN is in the tank for Hillary.

[Beacool]

46. Seriously?

Not that I have noticed.......

[Beacool]

52. I'm not a fan, just stating facts.

I think that O'Reilly and Olbermann are two pompous asses who love to hear the sound of their voice. The only difference is that KO has become a parody of his old self.

[JoFerret]

38. Two peas in the same pod

Two ranters.
(O'Reilly of course is way beyond any pale. KO is getting close.)

What a terrible shame it all is - the decline of civility and actual news.

[Hamlette]

44. Isn't it wonderful to see Beck doing so poorly?

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

45. Yes

that is the second best thing about this report.

[PretzelWarrior]

48. What does that even mean? THere's no words there.

FUCK IT! WE'LL DO IT LIVE!

[mzmolly]

49. FABULOUS!!!

a :toast: to Keith.