Countdown passes up O'Reilly Factor, 25-54 demographic

[mystieus]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_thursday_may_22_85583.asp



It's amazing how MSNBC has gone from worst to first in content.

[hisownpetard]

1. "From worst to first." Long live Keith!!!!!

[rusty quoin]

2. That has happened before, but O'Reilly's audience is mostly old. n/t

[Cha]

3. Great..maybe some

m$$$fm will follow in KO's path to ratings gold. New concept..straight up reporting.

[truthisfreedom]

4. Wow! Congrats KO!

KO has KO'd O'Liely!

[anigbrowl]

5. I'm not seeing it

[mystieus]

7. Try this?

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

6. Not true!

I heard someone say in a post here that Countdown was sexist hate speech, and how everyone they know had stopped watching it forever.

So obviously, these numbers were doctored.

[gabeana]

16. I know aren't there some on DU trying to start a boycott? n/t

[populistdriven]

27. Its just the Hillary44 types

[Spazito]

28. All 20 of them!

:rofl:

[Oceansaway]

8. Abrams beat 'oldman Larry' !!!...cool beans...n/t...

[RL3AO]

9. I guess people wanted to see his response to Assassinationgate.

[RNdaSilva]

19. Bush & Co. hoping for an assassination...

Keith Olbermann's.

Hillary too...a Keith Olbermann assassination that is.

[Zachstar]

10. KO rules!

[Catch22Dem]

11. Nancy Grace

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

That's all

[apocalypsehow]

12. KO IS A MISOGYNISTIC TOOL!!!!!!11

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:












(:sarcasm:)

[mystieus]

13. E.D. Hill responds,

[Tribetime]

14. Dobbs in last place!

[Cirque du So-What]

15. I never believed O'Loofah's numbers anyway

due to the large numbers of TVs in bars, restaurants, quickie-lubes & nursing homes tunes to POX News with nobody watching. Now that KO's numbers have overcome all these 'zombie' boob tubes, I say...

[DS1]

23. Exactly!

That's why they offer it on basic cable. Murdoch takes the hit on revenue in order to pump it in free and spread his message.

I've seen it in bars, restaurants, car dealerships, dunkin donuts, airports, all over the place.

[TahitiNut]

17. Funny how the ReichTards think GE will try to put a leash on their only MSNBC cash cow, innit??

ReichTards seem to come in many flavors these days. :eyes:

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. I love it!!! So many "Democrats" here are actually hoping for Keith's downfall

and rooting for O'Reilly. It's upside down world these days. Keith may have lost some disgruntled Hillary supporters, but it looks like he's making up for it elsewhere. Which is why all the "pot banging" in the world won't initimidate him. If he wasn't intimidated by the bullies in the White House, he's certainly not gonna be silenced by a few nuts banging pots & pans.

p.s.: It looks like Tweety's outperforming his rivals as well. Now if we could get Rachel into Dan Abrams spot, I think MSNBC would be one helluva competitor. And Glen Beck's numbers are awful, why is he still on the teevee?

[AtomicKitten]

20. KO is doing a great job holding BushCo's feet to the fire.

He's one of the few.

:patriot:

[jillan]

21. But by total viewers - he is way down ---->

Total Viewers: (L +SD)

Total day: FNC: 844 | CNN: 600 | MSNBC: 369 | HLN: 284

Prime: FNC: 1557 | CNN: 907 | MSNBC: 745 | HLN: 463
5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:

FNC ElectionHQ: Hume: Shep.: O'Reilly: H&C: Greta: O'Reilly:
872 1415 1251 2113 1490 1068 963

CNN Blitzer: Blitzer: Dobbs: Brown: King: Cooper: Cooper:
753 827 1051 796 967 959 731

MSNBC Hardball: Gregory: Hardball: Countdown: Abrams: Countdown: Investig.:
620 577 807 1069 576 589 282

HLN Prime: Prime: Beck: Grace: Beck: Grace: Showbiz:
205 280 434 592 439 399 405

[MadBadger]

22. KO is getting great numbers, and thats all I care about.

[LTR]

24. Advertisers care more about 25-54

What's telling is that O'Really's (and FAUX's) ratings really skyrocket outside that demographic. Since I highly doubt many teenagers are watching "The Factor," that would mean they're raking in the AARP demographic.

Not ripping on seniors here. Far from it. But in modern-day media, advertisers don't give a rip about people over 60. That's why oldies radio stations don't play 50s tunes anymore, and why we don't hear Elvis or Frank Sinatra on the radio anymore either. Agencies just plain don't like aiming for older demos. Therefore, 25-54 is the key number, and "Countdown" has been very competitive with O'Reilly. Occasionally, Olbermann tops O'Reilly in the ratings, and the growth over the last few years has been very impressive.

[Spazito]

29. Exactly, the 25-54 age group is advertisers key demographic

They are seen as having the most "desposable income" ergo most likely to purchase their products.

[WA98296]

25. Congrats Keith and MSNBC! Keep it up!

[WA98296]

26. By the way...WHAT were the Countdown ratings for FRIDAY?!?!?