Olbermann’s ratings top O’Reilly’s.
Olbermann’s ratings top O’Reilly’s.
Fox News anchors have repeatedly slammed NBC and its affiliated networks in recent months. “NBC News has gone sharply to the left,” said Bill O’Reilly in January. “They hate Bush across the board.” Nevertheless, MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann beat O’Reilly’s show in ratings last week, becoming the #1 show at 8 p.m.:
MSNBC NOTCHES DEMO WIN OVER FNC IN PRIMETIME
“Countdown” Out-Rates the “Factor” for First Time Ever
NEW YORK – June 10, 2008 – MSNBC continued its ratings surge last week, with viewers flocking out of the “No Spin Zone” and to “The Place for Politics.” For the first time ever, MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” was the #1 show at 8 p.m., out-drawing Fox News’s “O’Reilly Factor” head-to-head among Adults 25-54. This is the first time since June 2001 that MSNBC has out-rated “The O’Reilly Factor” at 8 p.m.
Excluding Tuesday’s primary coverage, “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” averaged 477,000 A25-54 vs. 472,000 for the “Factor.”
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LOL The end is coming to the Non Factor!! LOL HAHAHAHA Say goodbye to the All Spin Zone.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:33 pmHahahahahaha.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:34 pmLike there is a choice here? Gee, let me think…Olbermann’s special comments alone make it a worthwhile watch. Not to mention worsts, oddball, puppet theater….O’Reilly? NOMTV!!!
June 10th, 2008 at 6:35 pmI think Bill falls even further behind. 25% of his viewers tune in on a serious note; the rest of them tune in to laugh and post clips of him on their blogs.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:36 pmYou know that’s gotta burn Bildo.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:37 pm“Olbermann’s ratings top O’Reilly’s.”
Bummer for the blowhard news network. Keep slamming NBC, BillO. Heckava job, BillO [thumbs up.]! ;-)
June 10th, 2008 at 6:40 pmIf the GOP brand is in the terlit, Fox can’t be far behind.
Beyond the drooling 30%’ers, who could either attract?
June 10th, 2008 at 6:45 pmBillO will be making obscene calls to the help again. What a loser. I can’t imagine whay anyone who is not a lame brain hater would watch his non-sense anyway. Olbermann is the best.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:45 pmSwirly… swirly… swirly…
“Avast there, and tell me producer ta’ stay clear o’ that used wad o’ paper! No, blast ye! Steer to port! Move over! I’ll do it meself, ya bloody wanker!”
June 10th, 2008 at 6:47 pmTo goddamn funny, true and about time.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:50 pmOoh, I might have to watch BillO’s show if his head is going to explode tonight.
Maybe he can do some of those snorting breathing exercises! Oh, so much fun!
DO IT LIVE! WE’LL DO IT LIVE!
The best mashup on the Do It Live!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2YDq6FkVE&feature=related
Enjoy the ride.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:50 pmI can hear Bill now, “WE’LL DO IT LIVE! FU(K IT, WE’LL DO IT LIVE!!!”
June 10th, 2008 at 6:51 pmNot only does KO provide a whole lot of news in the first 25 minutes – he also has the features like “Worst,” “Best,” “Oddball” and other humor.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:52 pmOf course his commentaries are extremely audience-attractive, but the entire show is probably the best on the msm.
. “NBC News has gone sharply to the left,” said Bill O’Reilly in January.
I thought they were left, according to Bill. a long time ago..
Bye Bye William, you should know not to mess with the Zohan.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:54 pmMaybe Inside Edition will take him back. He won a Nobel Prize there, you know.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:02 pmOoooooh, this is gonna make the Pervert Falafel Billdo blow a fuse, I bet his fellow workers are avoiding that ahole.
Good job Keith, your telling it like it is is working out great, keep up the good work.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:02 pmJust call that assturbator O’Reilly “Scanners” because his head’s definitely gonna explode now that Olbermann’s beat Billo’s worthless hide in the ratings.
In the words of one of O’Reilly’s fellow FOX comrades, “D’OH”!!!
June 10th, 2008 at 7:11 pmBilldo O’Loofah rulz!
-Hezbollah Fist Jabber
June 10th, 2008 at 7:12 pmKeith’s numbers would be even higher if Comcast hadn’t pushed MSNBC out of the standard listing in my region. I don’t know if they’ve done that elsewhere, but I’d have to be paying for premium service (HBO) before I’d be able to watch it. I still believe this was a deliberate political move, especially given some of the unadulterated pablum (jewelry network, shopping network) in the basic package.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:13 pmCongrats Keith!
Keep up the good work!
June 10th, 2008 at 7:13 pmLaszlo Panaflex Says:
Maybe Inside Edition will take him back. He won a Nobel Prize there, you know.
Actually it was a Polk Award — a year after Billo left.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:18 pmha ha ha!
The more FalafelReiley mentions Keith Olbermann, the extra viewers he gets.
Now we have the proof.
Living it and loving it!
June 10th, 2008 at 7:18 pmWhy the outrage over people being “Bush haters” when the idiot has done damage that will probably take two, or more, administrations to fix? Hasn’t Bill0 figured out that to “hate” Bush is to love America?
June 10th, 2008 at 7:22 pmPete, you know why. Because to the wingers, Bush = America.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:24 pmFunMe Says:
The more FalafelReiley mentions Keith Olbermann, the extra viewers he gets.
Billo never says Keith’s name, he prefers to attack the “extreme left” MSNBC as a whole instead.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:29 pmBut we all know, billo will either have an excuse (Leftist ratings measurements, etc.)or he will totally ignore this little bit of information.
I laughed about a year ago when KO got within striking distance and billo laughed it off as “an aberration”. Watch those aberrations billo, they can play havoc with your loofahs.
Heh Heh
June 10th, 2008 at 7:29 pm“Where to reality?”
TURN LEFT!
June 10th, 2008 at 7:31 pm28 minutes until Mt. Billo takes part of New York City with him in his eruption!!!!
June 10th, 2008 at 7:31 pmIs there any truth to the rumor that Faux has a physician standing by, ready to treat anyone after Rabid O’Rielly starts foaming at the mouth and begins biting people?
June 10th, 2008 at 7:31 pm“What do these ratings mean, Roger?!”
June 10th, 2008 at 7:32 pmMaybe Inside Edition will take him back. He won a Nobel Prize there, you know.
Actually it was a Polk Award — a year after Billo left.
Shut UP!!!! Shut UP!!!!
June 10th, 2008 at 7:39 pmWe need to see O’Reilly numbers get even lower..,but that’s good news right now for Olbermann.
June 10th, 2008 at 8:03 pmIf Olbermann conitnues his surge,then he will be able very soon to totally deflate O’Reilly’s show.
I’ve been looking all over the media to find Some Mention of Dennis Kucinich and his Impeachment efforts.It is mentioned No where but on Countdown, with Keith Olberman.
And TP and c-span of course.
June 10th, 2008 at 8:05 pmWhy the outrage over people being “Bush haters” when the idiot has done damage that will probably take two, or more, administrations to fix?
Bildo is one of the 28 percenters in this country who are Myrmidons.
June 10th, 2008 at 8:17 pmO’Reilly went crazy after he was told that Olbermann beat him in ratings game .
June 10th, 2008 at 8:31 pmHe has been on pain killer pills since he heard the shocking news.
Bill’s head is going to implode. :-D
June 10th, 2008 at 8:33 pmSomeone at Faux News better sacrifice some of those “newswomen” to Mt. Billo before “Billzilla” emerges from the fires of hate & rage! The citizens of New York City shouldn’t be put in danger of an attack from Billzilla because of his loss of ego control.
June 10th, 2008 at 8:47 pmHaven’t you seen the latest polls tom? They are officially 25%ers now.
June 10th, 2008 at 8:54 pmMaybe Americans just hate Bill O’Reilly.
June 10th, 2008 at 9:19 pmViwers want to see the TRUTH, not some right-wing FACIST propaganda. People are fed up with military fake news, specially from such idiots like O’Reilly.
June 10th, 2008 at 9:41 pmToo bad Olbermann has proven his total lack of journalistic professionalism by his man crush on Obama and his juvenile snarking about Clinton.
He has lost this once-enthusiastic viewer forever.
That would be the case no matter who I supported in the primary…
June 11th, 2008 at 12:11 amYes, but in the all important demographic Faux targets, the nursing home day room crowd, O’Biley is worshipped as a gawd.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:19 amIt’s hard to argue with a group of people that think grilled cheese sandwiches and prune juice is the best lunch that will ever exist. Heaven help you if you suggest you put ham and tomato on that grilled cheese sandwich…then you might get run over by a gang of old folks in motorized wheelchairs! They paid little to nothing for them, you know…a gift from the RNC to them for years of dis-service.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:33 amThere’s another issue at play here – O’LIElly’s key demographic is dying off even as KO’s audience is growing.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:21 am*
I WOULD NOT want to be the person who had to tell O’LIElly the news.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:22 am*
Attack the messenger, works every time. Bill can’t argue with the issues, so he must accuse critics of being “far lefties”. Unfortunately those with low IQ’s and wishful thinkers are the victims of his nightly propaganda.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:53 amAs exciting as this is…
O’Reilly’s total viewers still almost doubles Olbermann’s, so a minor victory in one demo for one week isn’t that big of a deal…
ALSO, in the week in question, Laura Ingraham sat in for Bill O’Reilly on Friday’s show. If you take Friday out of the statistics and just compare the three days when it was just Bill vs. Keith, O’Reilly has a bigger share of the demo…
You just have to be careful with statistics like this
June 11th, 2008 at 11:12 amI think the story is humorous…picking one week to top O’Reilly’s ratings “for the first time ever” is meaningless and hardly newsworthy. Also, O’Reilly wasn’t on the show most of the week! I think the story caters to the choir. I’d be more interested in the consitency of the ratings!
August 13th, 2008 at 8:56 pm