Ratings Collapse? More like Simmering Scott Brown Fervor
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First, I'm always amused when Liberal blogs bring up TV ratings. Even with his supposedly collapsing numbers, Glenn Beck blows everyone at MSNBC out of the water. For example, in Thursday's numbers, Beck carried 3.9 times more viewers than his time-slot counterpart Chris Matthews on MSNBC, and 4.1 times more viewers than Blitzer on CNN who also shares the 5 PM hour. Beck's audience is about twice the size of Olbermann's or Maddow's even though both MSNBC hosts occupy more favorable time slots. Regardless, the Daily Kos is giddy at the prospect of Beck losing viewers—even if the MSNBC audience isn't growing. They've diligently tracked his data, and reported to day that the show has seen a startling decline in viewership. But their superficial analysis is hardly indicative of the show's imminent collapse. Here's the graph the Daily Kos wouldn't show you using the same Nielsen data that produced their results:
Ratings Collapse? More like Simmering Scott Brown Fervor
Ratings Collapse? More like Simmering Scott…
Ratings Collapse? More like Simmering Scott Brown Fervor
First, I'm always amused when Liberal blogs bring up TV ratings. Even with his supposedly collapsing numbers, Glenn Beck blows everyone at MSNBC out of the water. For example, in Thursday's numbers, Beck carried 3.9 times more viewers than his time-slot counterpart Chris Matthews on MSNBC, and 4.1 times more viewers than Blitzer on CNN who also shares the 5 PM hour. Beck's audience is about twice the size of Olbermann's or Maddow's even though both MSNBC hosts occupy more favorable time slots. Regardless, the Daily Kos is giddy at the prospect of Beck losing viewers—even if the MSNBC audience isn't growing. They've diligently tracked his data, and reported to day that the show has seen a startling decline in viewership. But their superficial analysis is hardly indicative of the show's imminent collapse. Here's the graph the Daily Kos wouldn't show you using the same Nielsen data that produced their results: