“COUNTDOWN,” “RACHEL MADDOW” AND “HARDBALL” BEAT CNN AGAIN IN JANUARY

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“COUNTDOWN,” “RACHEL MADDOW” AND “HARDBALL” BEAT CNN AGAIN IN JANUARY

Edited on Thu Jan-29-09 12:06 PM by 1776Forever

I am really happy about all this except for the "Morning Joe" ratings being up - ugh Joe can GO!:puke:

Inside Cable News Reports - Jan. 27, 2009:

http://insidecablenews.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/january-numbers-msnbc/

January Numbers: MSNBC…

MSNBC is noting its January numbers…

“COUNTDOWN,” “RACHEL MADDOW” AND “HARDBALL” BEAT CNN AGAIN IN JANUARY

“Countdown with Keith Olbermann” Out-Rates CNN’s Campbell Brown for the 11th Consecutive Month

“Hardball” and “The Rachel Maddow Show” Out-Rate CNN for the 4th Consecutive Month

“Rachel Maddow” Out-Rates “Larry King” Launch to Date

NEW YORK – Jan. 27, 2009 – MSNBC continues to dominate CNN in primetime, with “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” out-rating CNN’s “Campbell Brown: No Bias No Bull” among A25-54 for the 11th consecutive month, while “Hardball with Chris Matthews” and “The Rachel Maddow Show” out-rated CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” and “Larry King Live” for the fourth consecutive month. Since launching in September 2008, “The Rachel Maddow Show” is out-rating “Larry King Live” by 11 percent among A25-54 (570,000 vs. 514,000).

Following are MSNBC ratings higlights for January:

“Countdown with Keith Olbermann” out-rated CNN’s “Campbell Brown” by 20 percent among A25-54 in January (480,000 vs. 399,000) and by 12 percent in total viewers (1,416,000 vs. 1,268,000). This is the eleventh consecutive month that “Countdown” has out-rated CNN at 8 p.m. “Countdown” was up 39 percent among A25-54 vs. Jan 08 and up 56 percent in total viewers.

“The Rachel Maddow Show” continues to knock the crown from “Larry King Live,” out-rating CNN by 16 percent among A25-54 in January (454,000 vs. 390,000). This is the fourth consecutive month that “Rachel Maddow” has out-rated “Larry King Live” and, launch to date, “Rachel Maddow” is out-rating “Larry King” by 11 percent. In January 09, “Rachel Maddow” is up 139 percent among A25-54 (454,000 vs. 190,000) and up 186 percent in total viewers (1,325,000 vs. 463,000) versus 9 p.m. in Jan. 08, the fastest growing cable news show in the hour.

“Hardball with Chris Mathews” at 7 p.m. out-rated CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” for the fourth consecutive month in January among A25-54 (273,000 vs. 267,000) and was up 56 percent from Jan. 08 (273,000 vs. 175,000). “Hardball” also out-rated CNN in total viewers (946,000 vs. 938,000) and was up 82 percent from Jan. 08.

“Morning Joe” delivered 154,000 A25-54 in January, up 62 percent from Jan 08, and is the fastest growing cable news morning show. “Morning Joe” delivered 430,000 total viewers, up 60 percent from Jan 08.

At 6 p.m., “1600 Pennsylvania Ave” delivered 161,000 A25-54, up 39 percent vs Jan 08. “1600″ delivered 596,000 total viewers, up 80 percent from Jan 09.

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