Olbermann CRUSHES O'Reilly in ratings matchup

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

On Friday May 23, Olbermann clobbered O'Reilly in the demo, 452 to 273!

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_friday_may_23_85725.asp#more

[NJSecularist]

1. It was an O'reilly repeat.

[TahitiNut]

4. Way to leap to O'Reilly's defense, there, dude. You must be a BIG fan.

Do you keep a diary so you can keep up? It's great you can recall exactly when it's a rerun and how good it is.

Uh-huh.

:eyes: :puke:

[cbc5g]

6. LOL I knew when I saw "ignored" there that it would be someone coming to O'Reilly's defense n/t

[HCE SuiGeneris]

7. He was defending Bush earlier saying anyone who thinks that *

is a murderer is an idiot.

He is "quite" the Democrat.
:eyes:

[tritsofme]

8. So what you're saying is that it is better to live in pretend land?

nt

[NJSecularist]

10. Did you read the comments?

Why don't you do so before running your mouth?

I happen to detest O'reilly. I hate his guts. It doesn't mean we should obfuscate the facts, however.

[Dogmudgeon]

13. Here's a clue: check your avatar

--p!

[roguevalley]

20. no you don't. you dig him. you truly do.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. And you would know that because?

BUSTED Dude!!!

:rofl:

[RamboLiberal]

11. I gotta jump in to defend you

O' Reilly was a repeat and KO was doing his Hillary Special Comment. He always gets huge ratings for the Special Comments. I don't think KO has bragging rights on beating a repeat on a Friday holiday weekend.

That being said he is getting much closer to O' Reilly which is great news. I'm hoping there will be nights he beats O' Reilly and eventually beats him almost every night. KO has led the resurgence of MSNBC. And with the ratings Rachel Maddow got when she subbed for KO beating O' Reilly's sub host I think MSNBC have run out of excuses for not giving Rachel her own show.

[NJSecularist]

12. KO can't compete with O'reilly in total viewers.

But KO is very competitive with him in the very important 25-54 Demo. And that is something that wasn't happening before. His ratings in that demo have really improved.

[AlCzervik]

17. the bulk of O'Reilly's viewers are a much older demographic.

[pnorman]

14. Me too! I don't "do" TV, and I get all my BO & KO via video clips (largely via DU).

I DESPISE BO, and greatly ADMIRE KO. But I am APPALLED at the rat-packing of the person who DARED to point to the flaw in the comparison between the two. For SHAME! This isn't why I (compulsively) come to DU!

pnorman

[Blue-Jay]

16. "rat-packing"?

[pnorman]

19. Here's the sense in which I used that word:

"To surround and attack some-one": http://books.google.com/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1592&lpg=PA1592&dq=rat-packing&source=web&ots=t0L3cSflyG&sig=sy-6B6wux4EyEDSvyDFS_6czjm8&hl=en#PPA1592,M1 ie: NOT a very sportsman-like way to deal with a fellow DUer.

I'm familiar with the nickname, "Rat Pack", but the above sense is the only way I know it as a verb.

pnorman

[Quantess]

2. How does O'Reilly stack up to The Colbert Report?

:rofl:

Edit: I'm being facetious, of course. Those two are more comparable than Olbermann & O'Reilly.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. YAY Keith O.....Recommended

:bounce:

[cbc5g]

5. I was wondering why I haven't been seeing ratings matchup scoreboards in Drudge anymore

O'Reilly still gets the old people ratings but it's changing and I'm very happy about that.

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. And O'Reilly can now boast of his new viewers as well.

A group I like to call Hillary's Blue Haired, Pot Banging, Broken Hip Brigade, or "HBHPBBHB".

[Ganja Ninja]

18. Think that's funny?

Take a look at Glenn Beck's ratings. A 38 at 7:00 pm and a 92 at 9:00 pm. :rofl: