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Rachel Maddow Starts September Ahead Of Keith Olbermann In All Categories

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Cable news ratings, September 1, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• MSNBC’s 9pmET host Rachel Maddow had more viewers in the A25-54 demographic and total viewers than 8pmET host Keith Olbermann did on Wednesday. If Maddow is able to sustain the lead, it would be the first month ever she’s finished ahead of Olbermann.

Anderson Cooper‘s 10pmET hour had more viewers in both categories than the rest of CNN’s prime time.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
5 pm Beck

601

Blitzer

273

Matthews

135

Showbiz

57

6 pm Baier

409

Blitzer

182

Ed Show

212

Prime

95

7 pm Shep

435

King, USA

143

Matthews

254

Issues

97

8 pm O’Reilly

806

Snchez

199

Olbermann

336

Grace

104

9 pm Hannity

640

King

224

Maddow

342

Behar

84

10 pm Greta

410

Cooper

240

Olbermann

232

Grace

136

11 pm O’Reilly

548

Cooper

187

Maddow

167

Showbiz

141

TOTAL DAY 352 155 136 112
PRIME TIME 619 221 303 106
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 Beck

2591

Blitzer

822

Matthews

526

Showbiz

203

6 pm Baier

2076

Blitzer

509

Ed Show

724

Prime

220

7 pm Shep

1691

King, USA

488

Matthews

699

Issues

364

8 pm O’Reilly

3335

Sanchez

534

Olbermann

1137

Grace

502

9 pm Hannity

2418

King

571

Maddow

1176

Behar

341

10 pm Greta

1695

Cooper

675

Olbermann

680

Grace

391

11 pm O’Reilly

1459

Cooper

406

Maddow

593

Showbiz

313

TOTAL DAY 1261 439 440 258
PRIME TIME 2466 593 998 405
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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  • Big Eddie

    Watch out Maddow ! Olby and Schultz are going to torch your locker .

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Maddow is not even the top rated lesbian on T.V. I think Ellen kicks her butt. Then after she kicks her butt, I can’t say what she does to her then. This a family site.

  • writer

    Besting Olby’s ratings is like saying you beat Stephen Hawking in a foot race.

  • Moderate

    Steve, you never mentioned Fox News. Is the fact that they kicked butt no longer news? You could have mentioned that O’Reilly’s 11PM replay easily beat the best the competition had to offer.

  • JimBob

    That was good, writer, very good !

  • sarainitaly

    This is gonna drive Olby even more crazy!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Maddow is not even the top rated lesbian on T.V. I think Ellen kicks her butt. Then after she kicks her butt, I can’t say what she does to her then. This a family site.

    Given the general tone of a lot of the comments, I would hardly consider this a ‘family’ site.

  • JimBob

    I was in Marketing and PR for a while in an earlier life! Good, bad, I don’t know!
    I stayed around a couple years and made a decent living at it!
    Idea for MSNBC ! Remember the old AVIS “We are Number Two” from some
    years back?
    MSNBC , Hire some middle age, unattractive, second rate Program Hosts !
    Highlight a segment of each show, such as,
    Phsyco Talk, or
    The Worst Person in the World, or maybe
    Let Me Finish, then,
    bash your main competitor
    90 percent of your program time with childish, name calling,
    twisted, and obvious envious rants and phony putdowns! .. That should do it!
    You can proclaim forevermore as your Advertising Theme !
    WE ARE NUMBER TWO!
    Better than current Promo’s, You got to admit !
    May even get to be Number Three…..

  • Arkansas Steve

    Steve Krakauer, I think you’re the best Mediaite has to offer so far, BUT:

    THIS ISN’T BASEBALL!
    Here there are major league players (FOX)
    and minor league players (CNN, MSNBC, HLN).

    Unlike baseball, these players ALL compete against each other. Except for a freaky catch, can you imagine ESPN doing half their baseball stories about how it took 10 innings for the Omaha Otters to beat the Des Moine Mudcats? Yet, that’s exactly what the majority of your stories are doing these days.

    Whether Keith or Rachel, or Anderson gets an extra hundred viewers on any given night IS NOT NEWS!

    When one of them challenges FOX, that will be newsworthy. If one of them passes FOX, that will be BIG news.

    You don’t work for the Omaha or Des Moine TV stations Steve.

  • mikepower

    This should say:

    Keith Olbermann Starts September Behind Rachel Maddow

    Both of these shows are an abject joke when you look at the ratings. Sure they are ahead of CNN now but does that really count anymore.

  • MILT

    wait; isn’t Maddow Olberman with contacts?

  • zombietimeshare

    Talk about clearing a low hurdle.

  • notsofast

    It is nice to see that Joy “Bewhore” is getting her clock cleaned. She is one of the biggest hate spewing lib shrews on TV.

  • CAconservative

    The categories she’s leading in would be:
    1.) bottom of the barrel, and
    2.) beneath the bottom of the barrel, and
    3.) non-existant…

  • Phocus2

    “Rachel Maddow Starts September Ahead Of Keith Olbermann In All Categories” Many have suspected that Keith Olbermann’s crappy attitude might be caused by him having a very small dingus, but not this small. How embarassing for him.

  • rossamwb

    Why did they not include FNC in this article? FNC hands down whip them all.

  • MistyKnight

    Wow, and she’s only been an anchor for about two years. At this rate, she’s be at Faux Noise level in a few years. Congrats!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Marc-Wilks/745501965 Marc Wilks

    None of the other networks come close to FNC’s numbers at any time. Why are these losers at MSNBC still on the air?

  • writer

    It’s like grabbing the best deck chair on the Titanic, then yelling “Ah, hah!”

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