Fox News Ratings Soar On Politically-Themed Programming

August 21, 2008

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Fox News Ratings Soar on Politically-Themed Programming Political-themed programming this week has worked wonders for the already high ratings of the Fox News Channel. Special Character & Conduct profiles of the two presidential candidates scored high in the cable news ratings taking the place of the vacationing Bill O'Reilly. On Monday, the Barack Obama documentary hosted by Bill Hemmer averaged 2.3 million viewers, Nielsen Media Research said.

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Michelann 4 years 38 weeks

Yeah

Great Sommelier 4 years 38 weeks

Lindsay Lohan's sis?

Michelann 4 years 38 weeks

Ugh, I don't like Anderson Cooper. I just can't get over him insulting the appearance of a 14 year old girl. Rude and classless.

piper23 4 years 38 weeks

Your boo certainly is! And he was good on the D-list. I saw Kathy on his show a couple of weeks ago and they were both really funny. I don't know what that woman did with her hands before she won her emmy.

lilkimbo 4 years 38 weeks

Plus, he was great on My Life on the D List!

Jude C 4 years 38 weeks

Yes, my boo is gentle, soft-spoken, and a gift to humanity and cable news :)

piper23 4 years 38 weeks

I like Anderson Cooper. Can't find anything wrong with his looks. He just comes on so freaking late. And he doesn't yell or spit when he speaks. BONUS!

lilkimbo 4 years 38 weeks

I don't mind what Kramer has to say, his personality just irks me to no end! I feel the same way about Dave Ramsey and his annoying money makeovers. Although, I think a lot of people should take note of what he's saying.

Jude C 4 years 38 weeks

Did he have a lot of plastic surgeries or something? His face--especially around the eyes--has that "pulled too tight" look. He reminds me of a partially melted wax figure.

piper23 4 years 38 weeks

Colmes IS an odd looking fellow.

Michelann 4 years 38 weeks

I like Jim Kramer. I hated him at first, but my boyfriend made me keep watching him (and told me funny little anecdotes from his book) and he's really an interesting character. Plus, who doesn't love an enthusiastic supporter of the free market? He's even speaking out in favor of off-shore drilling!

Jude C 4 years 38 weeks

Colmes creeps me out :p I try not to watch too many of those shows. I always find myself getting cranky and headachey!

piper23 4 years 38 weeks

And what's with all the yelling? Don't they know you can make a point without having to be obnoxiously loud? That's another reason I don't like Keith, and he has spittle in the corner of his mouth when he does it. Gross. He also talks really fast. And loud. So the combo is a bit much for me. But at least he doesn't point his finger in your face like O'Reilly does. I'm not big on loud talkers. I do like Hannity and Colmes though. They don't get loud (for the most part) and you get opposing views on the same show.

Jude C 4 years 38 weeks

Sometimes those money-show people are the worst! Most of my ire is reserved for Tucker Carlson. Not even because of anything he says. It's just something about how he looks...I always want to just reach into the TV and twist his head off.

lilkimbo 4 years 38 weeks

He's not really a political mouthpiece, but I hate hate HATE Jim Kramer! I want to smack him upside the head. My Dad likes to watch him, so when I lived with my parents he was on from time to time. It was like torture for me!

stephley 4 years 38 weeks

The rules definitely are different on cable which, now that cable is everywhere, is a really bad thing - but there's no putting that genie back in the bottle.

Jude C 4 years 38 weeks

Is it just me, or do 99% of all cable news network talking heads seem like raving lunatics?

lilkimbo 4 years 38 weeks

Yeah, he doesn't just refute him (based on the admittedly small amount of Olbermann I've seen), he bashes him personally. I think he should spend more time trying to find ways to show clips of the Soup showing clips of Olbermann showing clips of the Soup. Then maybe I would start watching!

piper23 4 years 38 weeks

You're right about that, Stephley, but I would think that Olberman would want to work on doing a better job and get his ratings up. Not take veiwer's valuable time to bash his competitor - who is kicking his ass in the ratings. But that's just me. Unless he gets better ratings on the nights he bashes O'Reilly then I guess I could understand it. It would be sad to think that he only gets good ratings when he bashes his competitor.

stephley 4 years 38 weeks

I'm not a regular Olbermann viewer, but I can see that refuting O'Reilly could be a fulltime job for someone.

Jude C 4 years 38 weeks

Yeah, he doesn't like Papa Bear O'Reilly much.

piper23 4 years 38 weeks

I thought both shows were fair. I was flipping the channels and caught a few minutes of Keith Olberman the other night. I don't normally watch him because for one the camera is way too close to him. Its like he is sitting in my living room which I find very disturbing. Anyway, I digress. Olberman was bashing Bill O'Reilly. The last time I saw some of his show he was bashing Bill O'Reilly. Is this like a nightly thing for him?

Jude C 4 years 38 weeks

A truly godawfully ugly baby... :ROTFL:

Great Sommelier 4 years 38 weeks

YY, I didn't really look closely at your av and i thought it was another av of someone's baby. lol, then I looked close and saw it was you and then at the pic and was like, oh,that would have been an uggggllyy baby!

Jude C 4 years 38 weeks

I would like to see both, actually (doubt they'll be on Hulu, though :( )

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