People need to realize something. Unlike the network viewership statistics which are arrived through statistical polling estimates, cable ratings are arrived at by data accumulated from the cable companies. Newer digital boxes relay information about what channels people are watching (not necessarily an invasion of privacy, because no one is looking at you. Just the numbers). Previously, cable companies could estimate which channels were getting the most viewers by measuring signal drain (they had to do that anyway, in order to compensate for signal loss).
So, what I am trying to say is that Orielly is going to hurt himself by loss of viewership ratings over time. If you don't like him anymore, turn the show off and you wont be supporting him anymore.
I have a bypass switch on my digital converter so I can record a show while watching another one. Sometimes my digital converter stays on Fox news channel for days at a time (not due to recording the news) while I switch the tv to watch another channel. I guess that produces overrated fox news viewership, including O'Reilly.
Amen!
If you've got cable and you're sick and tired of the has-been O'Reilly (as I am)...then DO NOT WATCH HIS SHOW. His ratings WILL reflect the drop in viewship.