Is This Why MSNBC is Bringing The Ed Show Back to Weekdays?

[Tx4obama]

Is This Why MSNBC is Bringing The Ed Show Back to Weekdays?

There has been much speculation this week about why MSNBC has decided to bring Ed Schultz’s The Ed Show back to weekdays at 5pm, bumping an evidently distraught Chris Matthews to 7pm only. But one cable news watcher seems to have figured it out.

The Social Seer’s Charles McGuinness put together a chart showing how much Twitter buzz some of MSNBC’s most popular weekday and weekend hosts have generated per broadcast hour over the last two weeks. As you can see below, the #edshow hashtag was in double the amount of tweets than any of the other shows, including Schultz’s fellow weekend hosts Melissa Harris-Perry (#nerdland) and Steve Kornacki (#uppers). McGuinness points out that his data is through Sunday only, so it does not include any bump Schultz may have received from MSNBC’s announcement.

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Rest of article and Chart, here: http://www.mediaite.com/online/is-this-why-msnbc-is-bringing-the-ed-show-back-to-weekdays/

[onehandle]

1. I remember when I was in the minority of recognizing his value around here.

They called him a Republican in disguise and 'Rush-lite.'

Heh.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Schultz is one of the most compelling hosts on the network.

[gopiscrap]

3. I like Ed

and I also wish Keith would come back on

[Skidmore]

4. Of those shows on the weekend I watch Ed and MHP.

Don't watch Up so much since Chris Hays left it and I'm not a big Kornacki fan. Of course, the last few weekends, yardwork has been a priority.

Chris Matthews seems very anxious about this move. He's been pretty actively begging for people to stay with him in his new time slot.

[NightWatcher]

5. What's tweety's hashtag? #chillupmyleg

[BuelahWitch]

6. I'm glad he's coming back to week nights.

[MrSlayer]

7. Ed talks about what I care about.

Labor issues. Tweety is ok but is too much of an insider and never really deals with the actual cause of our problems. Sharpton is good, i like him but he's a total Obamabot. Hayes is good if a bit dry and wonky. Rachel is great for straight news. Lawrence is cool but on too late for me now.

Schultz focuses like a laser on the kitchen table issues that I, and many others apparently, care most about. Labor, income inequality and the sons of bitches that are and have been screwing us for decades.

[msongs]

8. ed is a populist, something dems need badly in higher leadership, because a strong populist

trend would be great to slam repubs on their weaknesses and dems strengths (or at least what Used to be dems strengths until all this bipartisan at any price crap took over).

[blogslut]

9. Or maybe

Tweety's celebrity as a newsman has finally been eclipsed by the fact that he's a loud, obnoxious, bullying blowhard without an internal filter, who doesn't deserve a second hour.