Cable Ratings

http://www.drudgereport.com ^ | 6/27/02 | Matt Drudge

[Gillmeister]

UPDATE: 'O'REILLY' HOLDS OFF 'CHUNG' 3-TO-1...

[WEDNESDAY CABLE RATINGS]

O'REILLY 1.7 LARRY KING 1.6 HANNITY/COLMES 1.3 GRETA 1.2 AARON BROWN 1.1 CHUNG .6 CROSSFIRE .5 KEYES .3

[Gillmeister]

Notice towards the bottom.......Crossfire AKA Misfire......

[My2Cents]

I thought O'Reilly was "killing!" Larry King. What's the significance of a 0.1 difference in the ratings?

[Howlin]

Crossfire is just DREADFUL. It's embarassing to watch.

[Howlin]

BTW, last night was Chung's first night; is there any relevance to this "rating?"

[pseudogratix]

Not sure, but maybe the ratings aren't adjusted for households without Fox News. As I understand it CNN is in many more homes than Fox News. So, in terms of percentage of viewers that actually have a choice, Fox News pretty much stomps on CNN, but I don't know for sure.

[Carolina]

I just got contacted by Nielsen ratings to be on the web surfing ratings.

LOLOL! FR would be #1 followed by Google on my machine.

[Gillmeister]

Uh, excuse me......Wednesday Night would be her 3rd night.....and don't most new shows gather all the interested people to see what the show is about? So after the "3rd night" her show is in the tank.

[berned]

Connie Chung, besides being a typical media liberal, is incompetant! I mean she is really really bad. Unwatchable. She doesnt listen to what her guests are saying, so she often comes out with bizarre non-sequiters after the guest makes a statement. Then the guest always looks at her like "Were you even listening to me?"

She's a familiar face, so I guess that's a plus, but truly, she's hard to watch. Greta has grown on me, although lately, her face-work looks like it's wearing off or something.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Good news for Keyes fans. The least shall be the greatest. *snicker*

[Paul Atreides]

Carville and Begala could make even this guy seem appealing...

[kellynla]

Don't get the chance to catch Keyes but sorry to see he is not doing so well. I think he is a fabulous public speaker. But the times I have watched his show he appears to be a little too preachy...if he allowed his guests more time and less time for himself the program might improve IMHO

[Howlin]

Whoops. I thought last night was her first night.

[Paul Atreides]

Whoops. I thought last night was her first night.

Kinda says a lot about her, doesn't it?

[Howlin]

Yep!

[geege]

Here at my job we have to keep on CNN and MSNBC.....they won't let us watch FOX because it's not recognized as a "official news station".......I can't stand either of those stations so I end up watching the weather channel.

[Howlin]

I like this guy better.

[FreedomFriend]

Who is that guy filling in for O'Reilly tonight? John ____. I didn't catch his last name. I like him much more than O'Reilly. He tells it like it is, speaks more from the straight Conservative point of view, and he does it without any arrogance.

[Gillmeister]

John Kasich......Fmr. Republican Congressman from Ohio, a real good guy.

[marajade]

What makes a news station "official"?

[geege]

That's what our shift manager said the other day when they changed Fox back to MSNBC..and I was complaining (Fox was on during the midnight tour)He told me that PR dictates what stations we are allowed to have on for up to the minute news incase it affects our communications.....did you ever hear of anything so stupid?????????