MSNBC - ya wanna know why your ratings suck?

[shaayecanaan]

116. Their ratings suck even harder without those prison shows...

For total day viewership (6 a.m.-6 a.m.), we noted that CNN moved into second place, with MSNBC not too far behind. But when you remove MSNBC’s crime documentaries series — which constitute an unusual break from the network’s editorially progressive political content — their demo ratings (A24-54) sink lower, handing that category over to CNN as well.

When you include MSNBC’s series Lockup, Caught on Camera, Undercover, Predator Raw, and To Catch a Predator in the network’s all-day (6a-6a) viewership, they rack up 133k in the key demo, placing just a thousand demo viewers ahead of CNN.

Remove those controversial documentaries, however, and MSNBC’s total day demo ratings fall to 117k, placing them third behind CNN and only 4k ahead of HLN’s 113k demo rating. See below:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/msnbcs-lockup-documentary-or-reality-tv/2011/06/03/gIQAQ8853H_story.html