"He has purty hair! But I think his mouth is real purty!" Mr. Martin told Nielsen.
Posted on 08/27/2002 1:44:23 PM PDT by 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
Developing...
Probably something along the lines of, "The Sound of One Hand Clapping."
How does something that simple, get screwed up on a show, unless they are all smoking crack?
Neither did I, re: Hardball. Though, after tuning in for a segment last night -- where Matthews had three anti-war, head-in-the-sand peaceniks vs. one man who wished to seriously discuss Saddam's threat to the U.S. and the world -- it's no wonder people are tuning out Hardball out in droves.
Matthews has reverted back to the knee-jerk, hippie lefty he has always been, but tried to hide from the country during Clinton's impeachment. He is clearly relishing going after Bush as a "war-monger," but the public ain't buying it. We know what's going on in Iraq, and know what we must do.
I sure hope the apologists and agitators for inaction are held accountable for their wrong-headedness by history. All those people who said Hitler wasn't so bad and could be reasoned with, and the concentration camps are just wild propaganda were tossed on the intellectual scrap heap when the truth was known. Matthews is blithely going down the same road.
"He has purty hair! But I think his mouth is real purty!" Mr. Martin told Nielsen.
According to Drudge, the rating can't drop any lower. 0.1 is the lowest rating. So in actuality, the real rating could be more like 0.004 but it is posted as 0.1 because that is the lowest rating that is awarded.
I'll take that bet! :)
Donahues Numbers were Up when he first started. After a short period of time the Liberal Mantra people stopped watching.. I trust the same thing will happen with X42. People will watch at first to see what he's like.. After a while they will be turned off with all the leftist spin and lies.
I rather hope X42 takes the show, If for nothing else then to see him dig his own hole! :)
Ps... Where is Rosie these day's???
Based on these abysmal ratings, my recommendation for his new name is "Dona-who?". :=)
A. Who cares!
I'll quote a MSNBC exec from the same time: If O'Reilly was only given 4 weeks, he wouldn't be on either. Hehehehehe. Schadenfreude....
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