[Cringing Negativism Network]

Actually O'Reilly is beating the pants off all the other cable shows.

May 4th: O'Reilly had 456K viewers in the 25-40 demo, which *trounced" all his competition. Paula Zahn had 193K on CNN; Countdown on MSNBC had 141K; Nancy Grace on Headline 126K; CNBC had the closest audience at 206K.

Overall viewership: O'Reilly had three times the viewers of any competitor. 2.2 million, vs 696 thousand for Zahn; MSNBC and HLN were even worse.

But still he could stand to stray outside his box a bit more.

I never really understood all the excitement about Greta - she's obviously a very bright person, but I just can't get all worked up about lawyers.

Hannity and Combes in my opinion, is the only show of the three, which is genuinely challenging and fun.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Oops, sorry that's the 25-54 demo. Can't type for beans. :)

[BW2221]

"Hannity and Combes in my opinion, is the only show of the three, which is genuinely challenging and fun."

I used to think so, but like several other FReepers have said, FNC is becoming tabloid TV, and lately H&C has become little more than "Gretta Lite," to the point where I find myself switching to Scarborough.

Lately FNC has become the Duke Lacrosse Channel. O'Reilly leads with five minutes, followed by H&C and Gretta who devote half their telecasts to it ... every night regardless of whether there's any meaningful news or not.

With all the problems facing the U.S. and the world, 75 minutes on Duke Lacrosse is definitely overkill.

The thing I will give O'Reilly is he is leading the way on things like border security, the dangers of the ACLU and bleeding heart judges.

[SMM48]

Actually O'Reilly is beating the pants off all the other cable shows. May 4th: O'Reilly had 456K viewers in the 25-40 demo, which *trounced" all his competition. Paula Zahn had 193K on CNN; Countdown on MSNBC had 141K; Nancy Grace on Headline 126K; CNBC had the closest audience at 206K. Overall viewership: O'Reilly had three times the viewers of any competitor. 2.2 million, vs 696 thousand for Zahn; MSNBC and HLN were even worse. But still he could stand to stray outside his box a bit more. I never really understood all the excitement about Greta - she's obviously a very bright person, but I just can't get all worked up about lawyers. Hannity and Combes in my opinion, is the only show of the three, which is genuinely challenging and fun.

I was with ya until that last sentence. H&C is unwatchable. H is too self-righteous. C is just a plain slimeball.