Good News, Everyone! by Keith Olbermann

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Rating's are in

Good News, Everyone!
by Keith Olbermann
Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 03:19:41 PM PDT

My apologies for the randomness of the Futurama reference.

Rachel Maddow's MSNBC hour premiered last night to spectacular ratings.

Nothing should ever be assumed (we could each get 47 viewers tonight), but this is, as they say, auspicious.

The full ratings are posted in several locales, but here are the headlines:
Rachel drew 1,543,000 viewers in total at 9 PM last night.

Not only was that better (by 160,000) than Larry King, but it was the second highest number of total viewers in Primetime, not counting Fixed News.

Modesty precludes me from saying who was ahead of her on that list.

The "advertisers' number" - the number of viewers aged 25 to 54, were also outstanding.

483,000 of the so-called buyers' demo tuned in, again, beating Larry (by 100,000) and second for any primetime show not on Fox (and she even outdrew Shepard Smith's 7 PM audience over there at The Zombie Channel).

Rachel is grateful, but too busy trying to improve over last night's debut to dwell on last night, which I assume doesn't surprise any of you.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/9/181015/2799/311/592602

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. Rachel did better than Larry King! Wow! Thanks Keith for the message

Can't wait to see her show tonight.

[Teaser]

2. So Keith likes Futurama. Awesome.

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[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Keith has been on Futurama, the Simpsons and Family Guy

Quite the guy!

[tridim]

7. He was on Futurama?

When?

[FatDave]

11. Wait, hold the phone.

Keith was on Futurama? Am I brain-farting an obvious appearance?

He also regularly cites Monty Python and Arrested Development. Keith's a pretty cool guy.

[CTyankee]

3. Brava! Brava, Rachel!

What a lovely thing for KO to write about her! He is a great guy and she is wonderful!

My hat is off to them both.

[1corona4u]

4. Good for her! I watched!

:-)

[myrna minx]

6. Congratulations Rachel!

[falcon97]

8. I'd ask her to marry me

if she weren't a lesbian. Go Rachel!!!

[bigwillq]

9. That's great!

:bounce:

[Pisces]

10. Go Rachel Go~!!!!