Good morning... let’s see what we have here...
FNS gives us Rudy Giuliani. It’s been a while since we’ve seen him and he’s finally starting to free-fall in the polls after the first few primaries, and now he’s trying his hardest to hold down Florida, where all the New York expatriates go. There are some suggestions that he may even lose New York.
MTP gives us the notorious Hillary Clinton. As we all know these interviews with Clinton are infamous softballs, which is why I’m surprised she’s appearing on Russert’s show, because Russert has the capability to ask tough questions. I doubt they will and I suspect this will be a session of fawning over the “Comeback Kid.”
TW offers two people whose time is up and should just go away— John Kerry and Newt Gingrich.
FTN has Mitt Romney and— good grief, people, can we have just one week WITHOUT seeing Mike Huckabee on my TV set? Bob just interviewed Mike two or three weeks ago, is it honestly necessary to interview him multiple times in one month? I think not. Considering that Duncan Hunter has YET to get a single interview as a candidate anywhere on the talk shows (yes, I know, he had one on TW a few months back but as a Congressman and only to talk about the wildfires) this is a travesty. I think even Dennis Kucinich has had an interview.
LE gives us a superfecta— in addition to Huckabee and Romney we also see Fred Thompson and John Edwards.
Ratings coming up...
NBC MEET THE PRESS....3,985,000 (33%) +104,000 CBS FACE THE NATION...2,586,000 (22%) 0 ABC THIS WEEK.........2,625,000 (22%) +371,000 FOX NEWS SUNDAY.......2,003,000 (17%) -214,000 CNN LATE EDITION...... 742,000 ( 6%) +269,000Weekend of January 6, 2008
NBC MEET THE PRESS....4,891,000 (35%) +906,000 CBS FACE THE NATION...2,976,000 (21%) +390,000 ABC THIS WEEK.........3,040,000 (22%) +415,000 FOX NEWS SUNDAY.......2,557,000 (18%) +554,000 CNN LATE EDITION...... 665,000 ( 5%) - 77,000Data derived from Nielsen Media Research data from press releases and includes cable replays.