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Michelle Obama Interview Gives Huckabee His Worst Ratings Of 2010

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Cable news ratings, February 20, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Raise your hand if you’re surprised – Michelle Obama was not a ratings draw for Fox News. Mike Huckabee‘s interview with the First Lady that aired at 8pmET on Saturday gave the weekend show its lowest ratings of 2010. The best ratings on all of cable news Saturday? The 6pmET hour of Fox News – which happened to be Glenn Beck‘s CPAC speech.

Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm 214 71 453 100
6 pm 369 93 138 50
7 pm 259 95 165 72
8 pm 201 80 323 111
9 pm 234 54 304 66
10 pm 206 57 108 66
11 pm 195 64 89 86
TOTAL DAY 256 99 286 84
PRIME TIME 214 64 245 81
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm 993 422 880 215
6 pm 1766 349 248 161
7 pm 1368 421 415 203
8 pm 1138 303 615 344
9 pm 779 231 539 357
10 pm 819 323 230 206
11 pm 629 216 166 180
TOTAL DAY 961 392 635 240
PRIME TIME 912 286 461 302
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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  • Grammie

    I don’t know but am wondering could/did the Olympics affect all the ratings patterns?

    Thanks

  • Olby Sucks

    Nobody like’s mean women.

  • http://mediaite.com Steve Krakauer

    The Olympics have affected all ratings, but actually these total averages are about on par with most Saturdays across all of cable news.

  • Voices

    Nobody likes liars…She revealed herself when she made up this sorry for the Olympics…
    This woman is just as arrogant as her husband, she is promoting a ’cause’ that is not one, and its on the behest of the SEIU. So why would Mike H want her on his show?

    I emailed Huckabee to let him know that I would not be watching.

    Given the ratings, I bet other viewers felt the same.

  • Cactus

    Shockingly, a personality that offers a viewpoint that runs counter to the channel’s narrative would be a poor ratings draw… for a channel that built its success upon the notion that people will watch what confirms their worldview and avoid what challenges it.

    Gee.

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    Cactus will you PLEASE stick to the proper NARRATIVE??!!1 Nobody watched because A) She HATES America B) She REFUSES to besleeve her arms C) She is a SOCIOFASCIST just like her husband the Obamessiah D) She HATES white people E) She is a CHICAGO thug F) She is a tool of the SEIU G) She is MEAN!!1

  • The Real Royal King

    What a surprise. Huckabee’s Cracker Box has an African-American guest, and the ratings fall off!

  • http://www.sailrabbits.com Magister

    I thought they were going to talk about obesity, so I completely understand.

  • The Real Royal King

    Obesity was the teaser on FOX, wasn’t it? I forgot about that.

  • Olby Sucks

    Huckabee has had many black guests, faux. Wanna compare Hucks guest list to olbermanns? Thought not.

  • The Real Royal King

    All the Mary’s in Heaven, Jeff! Eugene Robinson is one of the primary players at Olbermann. Do you ever think?

  • The Real Royal King

    Olby Sucks says:
    February 24, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    Nobody like’s mean women.

    Not sure why you made “like” a contraction or a possessive or either, but, presuming you meant “Nobody likes mean women.,” you certainly see the irony considering those with whom you most often ride.

  • Olby Sucks

    Eugene Robinson is one of the primary players at Olbermann.
    ———————–

    A hard core olbyloon such as yourself could only come up with one? LOL!

  • roxsteady

    Ignorance is bliss! Did she write on her hand? Did one of her daughters get knocked up? Baggers like their women mean and ignorant. No oneder they didn’t watch.

  • The Real Royal King

    Olby Sucks says:
    February 24, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    Eugene Robinson is one of the primary players at Olbermann.
    ———————–

    A hard core olbyloon such as yourself could only come up with one? LOL!

    All the Mary’s In Heaven! You are one feeble-minded schmuck. I am a huge Eugene Robinson fan (not in the manlove sort of way you are with Glen(n) but in a professional sense). Olbermann doesn’t factor into this. As a matter of fact, the only reason we are talking about Olbermann is because of your obsessiveness over him.

  • PureFreedom

    I was watching it and turned it off.
    You can see she was lying and trying to make stuff up to be political correct. She seems to have a hidden agenda. It might be she really believes her preacher Rev Wright that America needs to be changed because we are a stupid racist nation, but she is hiding that of course.

  • Grammie

    Thanks for the prompt response but I am even more puzzled now.

    First, I really don’t follow weekend ratings or watch enough Cable News to even have an idea which time slot in your chart represents Huckabee’s interview with the First Lady vs what’s MDNBC normal programming and what it was on the relevant time slot.

    So, I have a few questions.

    First, why did you consider this worth a thread, or perhaps more to the point, what significance do you ascribe to it that made it worth it?

    Second, what is the spread from high (beck @ CPAC) and the low (POTUS)?

    Third, how much do the two deviate up/down from this years’s average?

    Fourth, were both the shows during Olympic coverage and if so what sports, or, how did MSNBC fare by the criteia of my second and third qustion?

    Finally, if you consider the questions not worth the time to compile the answers that wouldn’t be totally unreasonable. However, that would depend heavily on what the answer to the first question is.

    Thanks.

  • Ben Linus

    Boy, a lot of hate on here for Michelle Obama. I don’t see what good that does, and I say that as a conservative.
    Personally, I just thought the interview would be boring.

  • marigrace

    Mrs. Obama’s cause against childhood obesity may be a good thing, however, how can she convey a message, when every other word is…”you know”.

    She need sto learn how to talk first.

  • writer

    roxsteady, if mean and ignorant is what you want, you must be an Olbermann fan. And it’s odd how things work, isn’t it? If someone listens to Beck regularly, then their opinions and his must jibe. Otherwise they’d tune him out. On the other hand, Obama can listen to the racist radical Reverend Wright for twenty years, and the left insists there’s no connection at all. No shared opinions, nothing. And even though copies of the sermons were sold every week in the lobby, Obama had no idea that Wright felt the way he did. But Obama had no choice. Chicago is such a small town, there were no other churches.

  • StewartIII
  • PureFreedom

    your right “writer”
    Michelle Obama was the one who took her Husband to that church, She is the one who introduced him to Rev Wright. She pushed Rev Wright into their family because she believed in his sermons. You will not hear that on any interview.
    I have read her statement before she was the first Lady and they are completely different sounding then now.
    She is not a good for this country.

  • pyrope

    Sometimes, when someone tries to be “Everyman,” they end up being a fool. Huckabee has tried to play this role too many times and he probably should learn his lesson: If you stand for everything, you really stand for nothing.

    That, and an interview with Michelle -0bama is about as exciting as watching paint dry.

    I find it exceedingly difficult to believe that it was “MO” who led “BO” to Wright’s so-called “church.” I believe “BO” found it all on his own.

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