MSNBC "Must Be Thrilled" By Countdown - Boffo Ratings

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MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann enjoyed one of its highest-rated nights ever on Monday, averaging 834,000 total viewers from 8 to 9pm.

The broadcast topped CNN's Paula Zahn Now in the demo and total viewers last week, and the trend continued on Monday. But more importantly to MSNBC, Countdown averaged 333,000 viewers in the 25-54 demo -- just 65,000(my math I get 56,000) fewer than Bill O'Reilly's 389,000 demo delivery. MSNBC actually beat FNC in the demo between 8:15 and 8:30pm, according to a tipster.

It led an e-mailer ask: "Can anyone remember the last time an MSNBC show rated so high in a normal news period? The folks in Secaucus must be thrilled!"

But Olbermann couldn't build on the high ratings he earned on Monday; he was booked on the Late Show with David Letterman last night...

is out that Olbermann is the best thing in cable news!

I too am thrilled. KO :yourock: :yourock:

last night. Said they're down 35%!

regardless of her slant.

with a layer of fluff.

realized it must be a talking point (read: lie)

How Matthews, altho still a republican spokesman, has begun to slip in every once in a while agreements with dems. Look at Scarbrough, he's doing it also.

I think MSNBC, contrary to Fox and CNN has learned that people watch news shows when they have 'FAIR AND EQUAL' news. I do not mind watching news that has republican information in it, when the news always presents both sides. When they start to censure what you see and hear then I just stop watching. And if you stop watching all that moola spent for ads doesn't get seen. We ought to tell advertisers that instead of saying we are going to boycott. We ought to tell them all that ad money is going to waste.

I noticed it too Bitwit. Out of the blue Chris and Joe both began to go to the center. Have you noticed how Chris now will stop a Rep in a lie and argue with them over it ? Joe appeared to be a bit shaken when he did the Jesus Camp segment. Wonder if they know something BIG is in the works and want to let Bush see that they aren't gonna be pushing for his cause. Did the torture bill go too far ? Gonna nuke Iran soon ? But something is in the air on MSNBC and so far it seems to be good, maybe just to up their ratings.

I used to love to listen to Oberman on XM Radio. His show was repeated a couple times each night on the radio. Unfortunately about 2 months ago, XM dropped all of MSNBC.