2005 Cable News Program Rankings - Nielsen Media Research

www.mediabistro.com ^ | December 28, 2005

[Roscoe Karns]

Countdown with Kieth Olberman

Be very, very quiet...

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Since I've started my Bush Impeachment drive, strange things have been
happenning. I am convinced the Bushies are having me followed...

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Last night I saw John Bolton lurking in the lobby of my building. He never uttered
a word. He just stood there with that mustache of his- staring at me. Staring,
staring... Oh, those searing eyes! That sinister mustache!...

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"Stop! Stop staring at me, Evil Minion of Chimpy McHalliburton!!"

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And then, as quickly as he had appeared, he was... gone!

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.................................................."Pssst, Olberman. Right behind you..."

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Arrrghhh!

[newzjunkey]

When running live, Brit's on much too early.

[new yorker 77]

ESPN crew detests this loser.

[newzjunkey]

52) MSNB THE SITUATION W/T CARLSON

Why so high?

[antaresequity]

Back when I was making $3000-5000 a day (1999-2000) day-trading (we won't count he days I was dropping twice that), I watched them all the time. After licking my wounds and coming back for more last month, I didn't even recognize Squawk Box.

Dude...buck it up and get back in the game...

I trade contracts intraday and swings...plus forex...

I think I just entered one of my best trades of the year too today...I shorted gold and silver right at the close...

The evening session opened gap down 5.00 bucks on gold, and they are selling the metal heavy in asia right now...

Silver gapped down nicely too...got in at 8.90...and its trading right now at 8.20

It sounds like your a really good trader that just needs to learn a little money management and shorting...

[Kay Ludlow]

I'll never understand the Greta thing.

I'm with ya there. Maybe people are falling asleep with the TV on right after H&C?

[Kay Ludlow]

I'll never understand the Greta thing.

I'm with ya there. Maybe people are falling asleep with the TV on right after H&C?

[Ghengis]

20) FOXN FOX & FRIENDS FIRST

31) MSNB HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS

32) MSNB COUNTDOWN W/ K. OLBERMANN

Fox's 6:00 AM show beats Mathews and Olberman by 11 and 12 spots respectively.

Now that is funny. There's rambling drunks, holding court on barstools who get bigger audiences than those two clowns.

[new yorker 77]

LOL

I think if he lost his sidekick K D Lang, he would jump to 51.

[Leo Carpathian]

Neil Cavuto should switch with Greta and grace us with decent program so we can fall asleep without Greta's nightmares.

[Hildy]

What are you talking about? Greta got her big break during OJ.

[new yorker 77]

The program ranking is from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Fox News overnights also beat MSNBC prime time.

[Galveston Grl]

Yes, I am totally stumped by the Greta thing, too. I guess people enjoy watching Greta talk about the same celebrity crime over and over and over again night after night.

[Gordongekko909]

Ah. I probably don't remember because I was just a wee Gordongekko909 back then.

[new yorker 77]

[Galveston Grl]

I wonder if and how we could make that change. Brit and Shep should be switched. A real news professional should be in girly boy's slot. Let Shep hang out with Geraldo - whenever he's on. Or let Shep take Lurch's place on Hannity's show. Wouldn't it be a blast to watch Hannity pants brainless Shep every night.

[Gordongekko909]

"Money doesn't sleep, Fox."

[kcvl]

1/25/2005

Ted Turner called Fox a propaganda tool of the Bush administration and indirectly compared Fox News Channel's popularity to Adolf Hitler's popular election to run Germany before World War II.

Turner made those fiery comments in his first address at the National Association for Television Programming Executives' conference since he was ousted from Time Warner Inc. five years ago.


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Fox wasn't laughing, however. "Ted is understandably bitter having lost his ratings, his network, and now his mind," said a Fox News spokesperson. "We wish him well."



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On Fox News: While Fox may be the largest news network [and has overtaken Turner's CNN], it's not the best, Turner said. He followed up by pointing out that Adolph Hitler got the most votes when he was elected to run Germany prior to WWII. He said the network is the propaganda tool for the Bush Administration. "There's nothing wrong with that. It's certainly legal. But it does pose problems for our democracy. Particularly when the news is dumbed down," leaving voters without critical information on politics and world events and overloaded with fluff," he said.


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[new yorker 77]

"Greed is good."

[new yorker 77]