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Stellar

(5,644 posts) Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:05 PM Mar 2016

Rachel Maddow’s Ratings Up 92% As MSNBC Grows Twice As Fast As Fox News site

By Jason Easley on Tue, Mar 29th, 2016 at 7:06 pm
Rachel Maddow's program experienced gigantic ratings growth the first quarter of 2016 as MSNBC's primetime audience grew more than twice as fast as Fox News.

According to a press release from MSNBC:

MSNBC’s primetime programming (M-F 8-11p) delivered strong growth for the quarter. In the A25-54 demo, MSNBC was up 112%, while Fox News grew 48% over the first quarter of 2015. “The Rachel Maddow Show” edged out CNN’s regular programming in A25-54 (279,000 vs. 277,000) and topped CNN in total viewers (1,166,000 vs. 877,000).”The Rachel Maddow Show” was up 92% in A25-54 and 48% in total viewers over the first quarter of 2015.

What MSNBC did was impressive. For the first time Fox News was the most watched basic cable network in both daytime and primetime, so for MSNBC to be growing faster than the most watched network on basic cable is quite an accomplishment.

Rachel Maddow’s show remains the centerpiece of the MSNBC primetime lineup. It is also one of the few shows remaining on cable news that discusses current events from a leftward perspective. CNN has been boosted by its 2016 election coverage, so Maddow’s defeat of Anderson Cooper 360 by almost 300,000 viewers speaks volumes about the quality of her program.

MSNBC is the smallest and least available of the three cable news networks, but after a disastrous 2015, Rachel Maddow is leading the network to stellar presidential election cycle ratings early on in 2016.

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Rachel Maddow’s Ratings Up 92% As MSNBC Grows Twice As Fast As Fox News site (Original Post) Stellar Mar 2016 OP

Chris Hayes numbers are very high as well now flamingdem Mar 2016 #1

CHRIS HAYES needs to Stop talking 395768475 miles an hour sounding like he has mush in his mouth trueblue2007 Mar 2016 #14

Conservatives need someplace else to go when Fox tries to be balanced... nt revbones Mar 2016 #2

hear, hear! nt Stellar Mar 2016 #17

Getting rid of the hippies and convincing others that they needed to get in line tularetom Mar 2016 #3

wondered how quickly there would be a Sanders dissent SCantiGOP Mar 2016 #13

She doesn't worship him so apparently she's been paid off... joeybee12 Mar 2016 #18

I love Rachel UMTerp01 Mar 2016 #4

i HATE msnbc because they got rid of Alex Wagner, Ed Schultz, Al Sharpton, and those on the Cycle trueblue2007 Mar 2016 #15

Good! LyndaG Mar 2016 #5

Trump pays off for Comcast rurallib Mar 2016 #6

+1 octoberlib Mar 2016 #9

Ayup. Iggo Mar 2016 #11

Wondered about this. oldandhappy Mar 2016 #7

Great news! lunamagica Mar 2016 #8

I really enjoy Rachel. Always have, always will. Blue Dalek Mar 2016 #10

Hiring Lyin' Brian Williams was a shitty move, as was putting Chucky "not my job" Todd on MTP and Erose999 Mar 2016 #12

That's nice. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #16

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)

1. Chris Hayes numbers are very high as well now

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:07 PM

Mar 2016

Wonder how Tweety is holding up

trueblue2007

(17,228 posts)

14. CHRIS HAYES needs to Stop talking 395768475 miles an hour sounding like he has mush in his mouth

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:11 PM

Mar 2016

i think he has much to say but he sure doesn't sound professional. i am getting less interested in his program as the days go by.

i LOVE Rachel and i wish Keith was back.

revbones

(3,660 posts)

2. Conservatives need someplace else to go when Fox tries to be balanced... nt

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:11 PM

Mar 2016

Stellar

(5,644 posts)

17. hear, hear! nt

Reply to revbones (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:53 PM

Mar 2016

tularetom

(23,664 posts)

3. Getting rid of the hippies and convincing others that they needed to get in line

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:12 PM

Mar 2016

made their ratings take off?

I really seriously doubt that's the case but I hope Rachel Maddow can sleep at night.

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)

13. wondered how quickly there would be a Sanders dissent

Reply to tularetom (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:02 PM

Mar 2016

Guess the so-called boycott of Rachel by DU Sanders supporters hasn't hit their bottom line yet.

It is still, by far, one of the most liberal shows, on the most liberal network, on TV.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

18. She doesn't worship him so apparently she's been paid off...

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:57 PM

Mar 2016

UMTerp01

(1,048 posts)

4. I love Rachel

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:12 PM

Mar 2016

She is fair and balanced and you see reports on her show that you just don't see anywhere else. I'm kind of still pissed at MSNBC though for the whole flap with Melissa Harris Perry. I had Saturday and Sunday brunches at my house planned around Nerdland and I am very upset at the way MSNBC just threw her away. They got rid of Joy Reid's show, Alex Wagner, Ed Schultz, Al Sharpton, and those on the Cycle. They took a bit hit with their diversity that they really had a big claim about. I get wanting to be more "hard newsy" but did you really have to replace Joy Reid's show with another white male anchor. Then Chuck Todd's simple ass with MTP Daily....don't even get me started.

But happy for Rachel. Genuinely love that woman.

trueblue2007

(17,228 posts)

15. i HATE msnbc because they got rid of Alex Wagner, Ed Schultz, Al Sharpton, and those on the Cycle

Reply to UMTerp01 (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:12 PM

Mar 2016

LyndaG

(683 posts)

5. Good!

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:14 PM

Mar 2016

Glad to hear Rachel and Chris are doing well. The network isn't perfect , but it's better than nothing.

rurallib

(62,424 posts)

6. Trump pays off for Comcast

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:17 PM

Mar 2016

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

9. +1

Reply to rurallib (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:29 PM

Mar 2016

Iggo

(47,558 posts)

11. Ayup.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:53 PM

Mar 2016

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

7. Wondered about this.

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:27 PM

Mar 2016

Well, I am glad they are happy. I am happy to not watch, smile. I know a lot of us left. Guess others climbed on board.

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

8. Great news!

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:27 PM

Mar 2016

Blue Dalek

(178 posts)

10. I really enjoy Rachel. Always have, always will.

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:49 PM

Mar 2016

Erose999

(5,624 posts)

12. Hiring Lyin' Brian Williams was a shitty move, as was putting Chucky "not my job" Todd on MTP and

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:00 PM

Mar 2016

firing Melissa Harris-Perry.

Thev've been all-Drumpf-all-the-time for months. The only way they can get any lower is if they re-animate Pat Buchanan's bloated corpse and put it on the air again.

Edit: it seems Buchanan isn't actually dead. But a boy can dream.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

16. That's nice.

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:16 PM

Mar 2016

but I have a hard time watching her these days with all the repetitiveness, saying the same thing four or five different ways, as if we didn't get it the first time. I much prefer Chris Hayes.

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