Yup! Beck is very insightful and funny. Push him in BOR’s slot and that rating would rocket. I’m never home in time to watch live but the DVR catches it. Put Bill in Beck’s current slot and that saves time and energy consumption from my DVR.
Beck's strength is that he's new, bright, hip, techno-savvy, fun, unbelievably insightful, and extremely well informed.
O'Reilly's strength is that he's a master of the old media, it's heavy-weights, its forms and style, and it's "gentlemanliness."
The bottom line -- Beck is the future. No way they can give Beck O'Reilly's time slot....but they can give him the 7 PM slot of Shepard "Katrina Histrionics" Smith!
That would enable a legitimate comparison of Beck and BO.