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Sarah Palin Crushes Oprah Winfrey in Head to Head Cable Ratings Monday Night
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | Kristinn

Posted on 01/18/2011 11:55:07 AM PST by kristinn

Sarah Palin crushed Oprah Winfrey last night when the two went head to head at 9 p.m. EST on the Fox News Channel and CNN.

Palin appeared on Fox's Hannity to give her first interview in the wake of media attacks on her over the Arizona massacre while Winfrey was the prize guest on the debut of Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN's successor to the Larry King Show.

The New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, New York Magazine and Broadcasting & Cable each gave Piers Morgan the headlines for their articles about the ratings battle, even though his show placed a decisive second. Palin's triumph is mentioned but played down.

The numbers according to Broadcasting & Cable:

Hannity: 2.4 million, 600,000 in 25-54demo.

Morgan: 2.1 million, 521,000 in 25-54 demo.

Rachel Maddow on MSNBC: 1.1 million, 342,000 in 25-54 demo.

Palin's audience was nearly 15 percent larger than those who tuned in to watch Oprah.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: oprahwinfrey; ownnetwork; piersmorgan; sarahpalin; seanhannity
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L.A. Times headline:

Sarah Palin Upstages Piers Morgan's CNN Premier With Oprah Winfrey.

21 posted on 01/18/2011 12:11:26 PM PST by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: hosepipe

Oprah who?.. Isn’t that some black chick?..

...yeah that’s her. A little tubbly. Gives away Pontiacs.


22 posted on 01/18/2011 12:12:41 PM PST by albie
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To: Lazlo in PA

So when is he having John Kerry on his show?


23 posted on 01/18/2011 12:12:48 PM PST by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: kristinn

Oh no. Doesn’t this make Palin a racist?

The very day that Palin announces, she is going to suck the air out of the world of politics.

Palin 2012.....


24 posted on 01/18/2011 12:13:12 PM PST by Gator113 (I'm voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: kristinn

Employees at “O” magazine love working there! No stress on who to put on the cover month to month.


25 posted on 01/18/2011 12:13:56 PM PST by albie
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To: Lazlo in PA

So ole Piers is a cohort of the war slut Amanpour.


26 posted on 01/18/2011 12:14:15 PM PST by Carley (IDEOLOGY TRUMPS FACTS IN THE LEFT'S QUEST FOR POWER)
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To: kristinn

Rachel Maddow has 1.1 million. Geez that is DISTURBING


27 posted on 01/18/2011 12:15:08 PM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: indylindy

“Rachel Maddow on MSNBC: 1.1 million, 342,000 in 25-54 demo”.

...there’s good ‘ole Rachel. Bringing up the carpet, err uh rear, er umm...


28 posted on 01/18/2011 12:15:23 PM PST by albie
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To: montag813
"Last night they did. 2.1 million is 8 TIMES Larry King's average nightly audience for 2010. "


Does anybody know how the 2.4 million compares to Hannity's average 2010 audience? The headline makes it look like a Sarah vs. Oprah clash and ignores the Fox vs. CNN factor.
29 posted on 01/18/2011 12:15:55 PM PST by rob777
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Yeah, she’s the one that also sat in Rev Wright’s church for a whole bunch of years and didn’t hear any racist stuff coming out of his mouth

Nope, she's the one who heard what was being said and stopped attending. (I sure she knew it would be bad for ratings) 0bama OTH, continued to attend.

30 posted on 01/18/2011 12:16:00 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Carley

Piers has Howard Stern on tonite, I think.


31 posted on 01/18/2011 12:17:59 PM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: kristinn

You mean Oprah Obama?


32 posted on 01/18/2011 12:21:30 PM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: kristinn

A 300,000 viewer difference isn’t crushing CNN. If memory serves an average Hannity show beat Larry King by a larger margin than that most days.


33 posted on 01/18/2011 12:21:45 PM PST by K-Stater
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To: kristinn

sarah palin is awesome.


34 posted on 01/18/2011 12:26:16 PM PST by exist
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To: K-Stater

We’re talking Oprah, not CNN.


35 posted on 01/18/2011 12:26:19 PM PST by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: rob777
Does anybody know how the 2.4 million compares to Hannity's average 2010 audience?

Apparently it was up a bit. Link

36 posted on 01/18/2011 12:26:29 PM PST by K-Stater
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To: K-Stater

Larry had Maddow numbers. CNN improved alot with this new show.


37 posted on 01/18/2011 12:26:57 PM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: kristinn
We’re talking Oprah, not CNN.

Oprah was on CNN.

38 posted on 01/18/2011 12:27:27 PM PST by K-Stater
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To: rob777
Does anybody know how the 2.4 million compares to Hannity's average 2010 audience?

Slight bump up...my fault, as I usually don't watch Hannity, but tuned in for Sarah. Won't happen tonight...

39 posted on 01/18/2011 12:30:16 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: hosepipe

Good thing for Oprah that Harpo was her parent’s favorite Marx Brother. Otherwise, her name might have been Ohcuorg, which just doesn’t roll off the toounge as well. I’m just sayin’.


40 posted on 01/18/2011 12:31:28 PM PST by JaguarXKE (Life - It's 10 percent circumstances and 90 percent how you react to circumstances - Sarah Palin)
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