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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLawrence O'Donnell's excellent ratings from last week
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/scoreboard-friday-may-19/329914He was first in his time slot in total viewers, and a close second in the 25-54 demographic.
See also this thread, with a link to a Salon article that included a link to the adweek statistics:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029102049
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)The writing is on the wall. The fact he commented on the situation, leads me to believe the die has been cast, and any negotiations are just window dressing to make it seem like they are negotiating in good faith.
Donahue & Olbermann both had good ratings when they were canned by NBC, so this will be no different.
The LAST thing they want is for people to watch him, and so good ratings might actually work against them. They want balanced programming, and Lawrence is left-leaning, not good for the conservative rulers.
spooky3
(34,476 posts)But they certainly ought to be concerned about advertising $, and that is driven by ratings.
Just ask Rush and BillO.
mopinko
(70,208 posts)he said he would appear somewhere if they fired him.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)and introduced him as the star of "hit show" on MSNBC.
One wonders how far Llack is willing to take this when the on-air talent from MSNBC's highest-rated shows are coming to Lo'Ds defense on air during their shows.
spooky3
(34,476 posts)And true.
JI7
(89,264 posts)By they i mean Andy lack and others who don't like him for how he goes after trump.