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MSNBC Tops Fox News In The Demo Two Nights In A Row
File this under: Maybe there's hope for us yet!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/msnbc-tops-fox-news-in-th_n_1899889.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular#slide=966546
Is a shift happening in the normally frozen-in-place world of cable news ratings?
It's hard to tell, but something unexpected has happened over the last two days: MSNBC has beaten Fox News in the all-important A25-54 category two nights in a row.
TVNewser was the first to spot the trend. While it may not seem like too big a deal for MSNBC to jump ahead of Fox News, it's rather surprising that it is happening at all. The total dominance of Roger Ailes' network is one of the biggest articles of faith in the television business. As Alex Weprin wrote, "The number one show in the demo on cable news is always, always "The O'Reilly Factor" unless there is some sort of unusual news event or huge booking."
But, on both Monday and Tuesday -- with neither a huge news event nor a huge booking -- MSNBC beat Fox News. Rachel Maddow's ratings in the demo on Tuesday were better than Bill O'Reilly's and Sean Hannity's. Lawrence O'Donnell's were better than Greta van Susteren's. Overall, MSNBC beat Fox News 575,000 to 526,000.
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MSNBC Tops Fox News In The Demo Two Nights In A Row (Original Post)
Bill USA
Sep 2012
OP
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)1. Yay! Lawrence O'Donnell is much easier on the eyes!
And Rachel is cute too.
LittleGirl
(8,285 posts)2. yeah Rachel eom
juajen
(8,515 posts)3. I am addicted to all of them. I start watching Martin Bashir and then continue. I really like MSNBC