Home Run for Rachel Maddow

[kpete]

Home Run for Rachel Maddow

TVNeswer has the ratings from Friday night. Guest host Rachel Maddow took over for Keith Olbermann and hit it out of the park. She beat O'Reilly by 100,000 viewers in the 25-54 demo.

Here's the full results for the 8:00 Eastern time slot:

8p:
FNC O'Reilly:
309
CNN Brown:
246
MSNBC Countdown:
416
HLN Grace:
122

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_friday_may_16_85159.asp#more
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/19/163741/493/221/518467

[proud patriot]

1. Great news

Way to go Maddow

[malaise]

7. It is great news but

KO fans didn't know he wasn't going to be on last Friday and many new fans were tuning in after that Special Comment last week. That said Rachel rocks.

[oldtime dfl_er]

2. That's great news

Rachel is poised, attractive, smart and telegenic. Maybe she'll get her own show!

[LakeSamish706]

3. Wow.. Keith better be worried about his job.. Just kidding of course..

I love Rachel and think that MSNBC should give her a show of her own.

[Vincardog]

6. Who should they boot to make room for her?

[LakeSamish706]

12. Now thats a great question... Morning Joe, but I would not want her on at that time!

[Vincardog]

16. I would TIVO her when ever she was on. &If they kick a DINO out for her so much the better

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

25. Dan Abrams.

The guy sucks.

[4_TN_TITANS]

26. He's also the guy who would make the decision

KO's boss

[greenbriar]

4. The Rachel Maddow Show

is in the future I predict

[90-percent]

5. Rachel

My wife loves Rachel so much she's thinking of converting to lesbianism.

Other than that, you just can't beat getting your news from a well informed Rhodes Scholar.

Rachel has the cadence and extremely quick mind that TV likes alot. Keith is also frigging quick, but my sexual identity isn't threatened so much by him, in spite of all those nasty rumors over at the Post.

-90% jimmy

[90-percent]

9. Divine Justice

Divine Justice would call for Rachel to replace Joe Scarboro. That would be really karmic, wouldn't it?

-90% Jimmy

[ClassWarrior]

22. It'd be the next best thing to the dearly departed Bow-Tie Boy.

NGU.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. So now Bill'o will have TWO targets!!!!!!!!!!!

COOL

[Ilsa]

15. Yeah, and Rachel will figuratively SPANK Billo. I know he'd prefer

a literal spanking by Rachel, but who would want to be around him to do it?

[annabanana]

10. Bang - ZOOM!

That is great!

[XOKCowboy]

11. She's hitting them out of the park on Countdown tonight too..

Go Rachel!

[jpertello]

13. She's very impressive but...

I feel she leads the questions too much. She has guests who are sympathetic to her views, so she needs to relax and ask open ended questions and not fill in the details within the question. She asks questions in a way that asks and answers within the question. Does anyone else notice this? However, I do find her quite brilliant and was enjoying the way she shuts up the more annoying blowhards on MSNBC when they needed to be shut up.

[stray cat]

17. Delayed welcome to DU!

[EFerrari]

21. Welcome to DU, jpertello.

She is brilliant. Maybe her style of raising questions will settle down as she gains experience on air.

[Kittycat]

14. Rock it Rachel!!!

She did outstanding on Friday. I really wish she had her own show.

[Booster]

18. I love Rachel, but I damn sure would be disappointed if she

couldn't kick O'Liar's ass with the 25-54 viewers. Only people I know who admit to watching that old turd are really old Repugs. We need to give the young people more credit than that. However, WAY TO GO, RACHEL.:bounce: :bounce:

[samsingh]

19. this is powerful and beautiful stuff to behold

Countdown beat the other shows in the crucial demographic. In fact, better than CNN and HLN combined.

[KharmaTrain]

20. And Abrams Beat Hannity and

colmes... :rofl:

9p:
H&c:
234

King:
239

Abrams:
247

Beck
121

Also...KO (and Rachel) are closing in on BillO in the overall...pulling in over a million viewers!!! That's over double from a year ago...and still growing.

And what happened to Nancy Grace? The Flaming Nostrils of Justice used to beat out Keith easily and challenge O'Reilly...now her numbers are in the terlit with Bleck.

Congrats Keith, Rachel and Dan...keep fighting the good fight...and we'll keep watching!

[whistler162]

23. A homer but that foul ball she hit had me worried.

Jackson instead of Johnson, really!

But, she recovered nicely.

[90-percent]

24. Rachel's ratings

How could that bump have happened? Do they announce a substitute host beforehand? I don't think so.

So, does she come on and then tens of thousands of people call up tens of thousands of their buds and tell them; "Stop what you're doing immediately and turn to MSNBC. Rachel is guest host. Spread the word!

I don't understand a ratings bump for Rachel if the viewers knew nothing about her guesting in advance.

Just asking...

-90% jimmy