Keith Olbermann's 'Countdown' Beats CNN in Target Demo

The premiere of Current’s Countdown With Keith Olbermann averaged 179,000 viewers in news’ target demographic of 25- to 54-year-olds Monday at 8 p.m., according to numbers provided by Current.

That’s an improvement of more than 83 percent compared to Current’s fourth quarter primetime average of 30,000.

Countdown also beat CNN in the demo at 8 p.m. – by a wide margin. Eliot Spitzer’s In the Arena pulled in 89,000 viewers in the demo. But MSNBC’s Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell notched 237,000. Nevertheless, it is a solid start for Olbermann on his new network, which is in about 37 percent fewer households than CNN and MSNBC.

Olbermann has downplayed ratings expectation, but he’s clearly gunning for the competition on his former network. His show will consistently run past the 9 p.m. hour, a tactic commonly employed to stanch channel switching. “We’re very pleased,” said Olbermann. “But like I said last week, it’s one night. We’ll need a couple of weeks to know where we¹re starting, and we¹re truly interested in next year and especially 2013.”

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keith-olbermanns-countdown-beats-cnn-203877

and maybe Katrina Van den Heuval after that..and there would be no "need" for CNN or MSNBC

Cureent should also try a 3 hr morning show to rival dead-intern Joey & his clubhouse.

That would get me out of bed...

:)

YouTube and various mirror on-line repostings, such as it DU. I want Keith to get all the credit where credit is due. :thumbsup:

if he keeps this up current will be able to raise their ad rates...while rush and hannity lose their`s

and if it gets on all cable networks, those numbers will be higher. Great start though considering he had no MSM help with it as far as I know.

last night. But today, nary a mention. What happened on the way to the coronation?

Naples was not built in a week :rofl:

on his first night. That's nothing to sneeze at.

(I'm not one who said he'd beat O'D last night. The network takes time to grow; so far, buzz about the show has been largely on the internet)

it on YouTube. Did I get counted? I think not. I'm calling my network tomorrow to ask that they add Current to their repertoire. I wonder how many people were looking all over the net to catch his show? I'm thrilled with the number counted, but wish the invisible numbers could be checked out.

sure if he is just a frequent guest on MSNBC or contractual. I know he does the radio show, but he is excellent and would make a great addition to Current. Bill Press also lost his show when the Bush* Administration objected to the Spin Room (I loved that show). At that time, no one else was still talking about Election 2000 except Press. He deserves another shot on cable, and he is an excellent commentator.

Sam

We watched last night but we will have to catch a later airing most nights.

they did a good job of getting out there and getting people to go looking for the channel, but they really need to up their internet presence and the podcasts.

abc and a lot of other cable channels. but thanks for that info. i did not know that.

:kick:

are too many in the target demographic that watched over the internet, and they were not counted. Thanks to my roku and a handy Du'er, I have it streaming to my TV now.