‘Honey Boo Boo’ beats GOP in cable ratings

[Contrary1]

"The fourth episode of TLC‘s “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” a show that makes “Jersey Shore” look like “Masterpiece Classic,” drew more viewers in the 18-49 age group on Wednesday night than the second full night of the Republican National Convention.

According to the overnight ratings, “Honey Boo Boo” pulled a 1.3 overall rating, according to Nielsen, with 2.9 million viewers. The show also topped every other cable offering Wednesday night, including cable news channels covering the GOP convention.

What that tells me is either that “Honey Boo Boo” is heavily favored by Democratic viewers, or that Republicans are more interested in watching a pudgy child make her stomach folds “talk” than listening to vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan discuss why the GOP team is a better choice than Obama.

“Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” is a spin-off of TLC’s “Toddlers & Tiaras.”

http://blog.sfgate.com/dwiegand/2012/08/30/honey-boo-boo-beats-gop-in-cable-ratings/

[malaise]

1. How fugging appropriate

[DJ13]

2. Thats not a fair comparison

Both shows are going for the same demographics.

[alittlelark]

11. +100

[Arctic Dave]

3. WTF?

Dude?

WTF?

[muntrv]

4. Boo Boo's pig sounds better than any speaker from the republicker circle jerk.

[Booster]

5. I've never seen this show but it doesn't surprize me that a whole lot of people in the

Republican party would watch it instead of their own convention. They know how they'll vote so they think they don't need to watch.

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9. What makes you think that...

the author of the article has a different opinion...

What that tells me is either that “Honey Boo Boo” is heavily favored by Democratic viewers,

and I agree.

I think it happens to be one of the most amusing shows currently on TV... it's like watching a train wreck unfold (I'm really bummed that they got rid of "Glitzy" the pig ).

[alittlelark]

12. Uh, Yeah.......

...did you miss the sarcasm thingy?

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15. What makes you think that it was meant as sarcasm?

Seriously.

Given the constant barrage, beliefs and claims here that the deep South =
Republican/Conservative racist, hicks.

I could easily see the more "sophisticated/enlightened/educated" Democratic/Liberal viewers
tuning in just to justify/reaffirm their beliefs, and chortle at the crude, unrefined, inbred,
back-water, Southern bumpkins.

Crude, "uncivilized", toilet humor and behavior is not the domain or signature of any one political party.

[dawg]

6. You mean that *wasn't* the RNC?

I could have sworn it was.

My bad.

[The empressof all]

7. Well honestly they they make a whole lot more sense

and they seem to have a heck of a lot more fun

[Faygo Kid]

8. Mr. Romney isn't going to like that, Yogi

No idea what "Honey Boo Boo" is all about, but Yogi and Boo Boo are righteous.

Got to go find a picanic basket now.

[Warpy]

10. Oh, I have a feeling most folks can't really tell the difference

between the two different packs of pudgy inbreds, except that Honey Boo Boo is cuter and makes more sense than the Republicans do.

(no, I've only seen the promos and life is too short for either of them to attract much of my attention. I will watch Rmoney with the sound off, though)

[rl6214]

16. "between the two different packs of pudgy inbreds"

Your bigotry is showing.

[turtlerescue1]

13. I'm older than those "viewers"

but what else was on?

Had never seen it before, I did feel bad for Glitzy the piglet, grimaced at the forklift foot, and wanted to take a shower after the muddin' event.

How could that convention compare to the above?

[rl6214]

14. I find shows like that to be borderline child abuse

Anyone that enters and subjects their children to agents and putting makeup on children that young and making them go thru what they do is exploitation and child abuse.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Uh oh

Isn't that Rmoney's demographic?