“…but that can just as easily be explained by Fox’s increasing focus on tabloid stories and sensationalism as on anything MSNBC is or isn’t doing.”

I totally agree. My other problem w/ cable news is the “Crossfire” format, like H&C. I would like to see level-headed news shows, not extreme-right vs. extreme-left grudge matches.

- The Cat

P.S. That’s 39%. Olby get’s a fail.

So my question is, when is Michelle going to return to cable news? I for one miss seeing her on TV and thought she provided regular insightful commentary.

Outlander on November 6, 2007 at 4:17 PM

I was thinking that’s what HotAir.com was designed for, but there hasn’t been a Vent in months.

Shame.

Now, that’s not to say that MSNBC isn’t eating into Fox or that Fox isn’t losing its ratings dominance on the edges. That is happening, but that can just as easily be explained by Fox’s increasing focus on tabloid stories and sensationalism as on anything MSNBC is or isn’t doing.

Nail/head.

I actually had to watch CNN last night to get the skinny on Pakistan. Fox was to busy blubbering over Oprah and the writers strike.

MSNBC is increasingly seeking to showcase its nighttime lineup as a welcome haven for viewers of a similar mind.

A welcome haven for moonbats and conspiracy nuts! If that is the niche market that MSNBC wants, they also should hire renowned metalurgist Rosie O’Donnell, geostrategist Jack Murtha, document expert Dan Rather, and lifestyle correspondent Cindy Sheehan.

I think that the term “soar” should be read in the context of how high a peacock can “soar.”

Nice.

I haven’t been paying attention to cable lately so….huh?

that criticize the administration with the same vigor with which Fox News’s hosts often champion it

Not even close to the same vigor, but who’s counting?

I admit I stopped watching Fox a while back, one too many Britney/Paris story, too many car chases… When O.J. popped up again, I cancelled cable. I was never around for their primetime line-up, I used to catch Fox and Friends in the morning, but that has gone down hill some. I just don’t like the new girl.

The NYT will do for MessNBC what they did for Dead Air America.

that can just as easily be explained by Fox’s increasing focus on tabloid stories and sensationalism as on anything MSNBC is or isn’t doing.

If they want to broadcast tabloid crap and maintain ratings all they have to do is move RedEye into Greta’s timeslot. The only way I can tolerate more stories about Britney is if Greg G. is “analyzing” them.

Re: Fox News, I watch it in the morning and avoid it at night. O’Reilly is a pompous ass, who thinks he’s some kind of oracle, above the fray of politics. Hannity is a whiner, who always acts like he’s going to take his ball home if he doesn’t get his way. Colmes, well, I’ll move on. And Greta. Oh, Greta – tabloid crap.

Oh, and for the record – Megyn Kelly is hot. She’s gold, Jerry! Gold!

explained by Fox’s increasing focus on tabloid stories and sensationalism

Only examples are the aforementioned stories on H & C. Sean hardly mentions these same stories on his radio show, so they’re probably doing it to appease Alan.

Riding a ratings wave from “Countdown With Keith Olbermann,”

Yep, riding that wave, just before it circles around a few times, then goes strait down the toilet.

However, O’R's show is not doing nearly as well, but the total number of viewers is down over that time frame.

Anyway, I wonder how much Olberman paid for this advertisement in the NYT. I also wonder how much he paid for his advertisements as a guest host on NBC’s football games. What’s that? Nothing? You mean to tell me that advertising in the NYT and on NBC is worth NOTHING and his ratings have everything to do with the content of his show?

Interesting way to look at advertisements in both the NYT and on NBC – worthless. Executives must be thrilled with the characterization.

They took Michelle off Of O Reilly and look what happens to the ratings

William Amos on November 6, 2007 at 1:21 PM

To be fair, Michelle took herself off. Not the other way around.

I understand her reasons for doing it, and wish daily that I never have to see or hear Geraldo again.

But let’s be accurate here.

I’d be interested to see if O’Reilly gets a bump from Laura Ingraham’s new weekly segment, as well as her newly minted status as his guest host.

I know I’m sure excited about that.

Lest there be any doubt that the cable channel believes there is ratings gold in shows that criticize the administration with the same vigor with which Fox News’s hosts often champion it, two NBC executives acknowledged yesterday that they were talking to Rosie O’Donnell about a prime-time show on MSNBC.

It reads like opinion… is it supposed to be?