MSNBC'S 'DONAHUE' HITS LOWEST NIELSEN RATING POSSIBLE

Drudge Report ^ | 08/27/2002 | Matt Drudge

[Pokey78]

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUESDAY AUGUST 27, 2002 16:25:04 ET XXXXX

MSNBC'S 'DONAHUE' HITS LOWEST NIELSEN RATING POSSIBLE

Phil Donahue has plunged in total collapse on MSNBC with cable viewers, NIELSEN ratings show.

DONAHUE has sunk to a basement rating of a .1, according to sources, the lowest possible rating's measure available!

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Last Friday night, DONAHUE earned a .1 to CONNIE CHUNG's .6 on CNN and O'REILLY's 1.0 on FOX NEWS.

Even more amazingly, MSNBC for the entire day average only a 0.2, and it was beaten by both CNN'S HEADLINE NEWS channel and CNBC that day. (FOX was .6, CNN .5, MSNBC .2).

For the month of August, MSNBC's M-F prime time is down 21% among the key demos (25-54) from a year ago. Year over year, in total weekday ratings, FOX is up 75%, CNN is up 25%, and MSNBC is flat, with 0% growth.

CABLE WARS:

Friday August 23 at 8 PM ET: O'Reilly 1.0; Connie .6; Donahue .1

9 PM ET: Larry King 1.1; Hannity and Colmes .7; Hardball w/Matthews .3

10 PM ET Greta 0.7; Brown 0.5; Nachman .2

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[dennisw]

His bulging eyes look like hyper-thyroidism... Same for Hillary.

[Dog]

GREAT GRAPHIC!!!!!

[capydick]

Exactly right,it's why I tuned him out over a year ago.He thinks that he can play the "objective" card every now and then and,keep the viewers who would like to believe he is objective while he is slamming conservatives. He is an arrogant POS.

[Paul Atreides]

[timydnuc]

Phil needs to retire for good. He's a burned out political hack that lost his mind years ago. His blathering and psychotic stare turn "normal" people off. His ideaology is scarier yet. He's a full fledged socialist elitist that actually believes the bird droppings of the radical left. He's a raving America hater that slobbers in his strained peas. He needs to be in a home for the far leftist old farts that need Depends & the Communist Manifesto read to them at bedtime.

Bye Phil.......nobody is listening anymore!

[dubyagee]

I caught it last night for about five minutes. He had Farrakhan on, and I wanted to see a train wreck. Farrakhan chastised Phil for "taking his words out of context" like the rest of the media does (yeah, right). Phil looked absolutely humiliated. I thought he was gonna cry.

Rather than stand by what he had said, he of course, went on to another subject.

[rightofrush]

Thanks for the link to "What would you like to see?" My suggestion:

Dr. Alan Keyes debating Pat Buchanan.

[MotleyGirl70]

Phil is a series LOOOOOOOSSSERRRR

[Aquinasfan]

Thanks for the good news.

Too bad Fox didn't give Greta's spot to Alan Keyes. O'Reilly, Hannity and Keyes would have been a juggernaut.

[GulliverSwift]

The graphic was Pokey78's. It'd be neat to see Registered or someone else make an Agent Double Zero poster. Or should it be Double Oh Zero?

00.0 or 0.0 or 000?

[rightofrush]

"The Sound of One Hand Clapping."

Applau?

[PoorMuttly]

"Fill" is not Logged-On.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

LOL.

Phil needs to get Monica Lewinsky as a guest to talk about keeping her mouth shut.

[Weimdog]

Keyes show could have been great if they could have altered his voice somehow.

Even though I agreed with much of what Keyes had to say, there was a piercing tone to his voice that made the show virtually unwatchable.

[Aquinasfan]

You can almost here him saying ... "well maybe if we get Susan Sontag....."

LOL!

[Pokey78]

I saw that pic on Drudge's front page & it just screamed "Put a flashing 'L' on that forehead!" hehe

[McLynnan]

Well, good grief! Did they really think anybody with a brain would deliberately tune in to watch Phil roll his eyes and flap his arms while he babbles left wing insanity? I watched one time, when Ann Coulter was the guest, and that was more than enough for me.

[Japedo]

Well... If you're right and I'm wrong I'll owe ya a soda!! :)

Rosie is up there with the Alec Baldwin's, Babs, Turner ect... they are only a legend in their own minds and the few elitists that give them Airtime. I stand by my prediction that America has had its fill with leftism!! :)
Live Free or Die Trying

[Young Werther]

Hey Dungaheap! Let's Limbo!

"How Low Can You Go!"