Keith's Ratings Up 67% in one year

[Marlie]

MSNBC Has Double-Digit Viewership Gains In Oct...Olbermann Up 67%...
Eat The Press | November 2, 2006 12:57 PM

Via TVNewser, we saw today that the Hollywood Reporter is, well, reporting that MSNBC has enjoyed double-digit gains in viewership for the month of October. "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann is up 67% (61% in the 25-54 demo) compared with October 2005; THR notes that Bill O'Reilly still clobbers with 2.1 million viewers, but that it beat out CNN's Paula Zahn in the demo and came close in viewership. "Scarborough Country"* is up 13% and "Hardball" up 27% in the demo, and Don Imus is also doing well in the AM slot. MSNBC GM Dan Abrams attributes the rise to the cabler having "found its voice" but is cautious: "We still have a ways to go. One month does not make ratings success, but this is certainly the right direction." This may have something to do with the fact that Fox News leads the pack...for the 250th straight week.
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Looks like Scarborough and Tweety are gaining by holding onto Keiths's
coat tails. I'm so proud of Keith.

[Patsy Stone]

1. Thanks for posting this.

I'm going to x-post it in the Countdown Group.

[pooja]

2. You know... it is only helping Bill O to gain the ratings when

1/2 watch like kool-aid soaked idiots. and the other 1/2 are sitting there pissed off and screaming like no other.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Why can't we get Keith on shows like The View...

Oprah, etc? I think that would go miles to increasing his visibility & viewership. I mean, really, this is a story. Keith has singehandedly thrown MSNBC a lifeboat. They should have him on all the talking head shows (if he wants to). Women would just eat him up. I mean he's the whole package. Money, looks, great sense of humor & passion.
:loveya:

[Robbien]

4. another interesting fact, Fox is down 9% in primetime while MSNBC is up

Oct. #'s: 25-54 Demo Vs. Oct. 2005
Total day: FNC CNN MSNBC HLN CNBC
Oct. '06: 260 177 125 97 66
Oct. '05: 264 154 93 85 48
% change: -2% +15% +34% +14% +38%

Primetime: FNC CNN MSNBC HLN CNBC
Oct. '06: 355 227 164 141 77
Oct. '05: 392 229 142 119 75
% change: -9% -1% +15% +18% +3%