On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 8:26 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Current releases its ratings whenever it suits them. Obviously, simply > comparing KO's ratings at Current to his old ones at MSNBC are pretty > meaningless - Current is only in 60 million homes. New Countdown had 319K > viewers its first week, which fell 29% to 253K the second week. It was back > up around 310K the last week in August. The NY Daily News was happy to > report KO's low, which was Labor Day week (142K). The Ed Show gets about > 800K in KO's old time slot. > > I don't know how Kevin would define "par" in his new context - I don't > think anyone ever expected him to get the same ratings he got at MSNBC. I > think maybe a fair bar is something around 300K, and he probably is > averaging somewhere in the mid 200K. > > See: > > http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/07/05/keith-olbermanns-ratings-on-current-drop-in-week-2-still-way-bigger-than-currents-tiny-pre-olbermann-average/97212/ > > http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/keith-olbermann-countdown-drops-brings-lowest-ratings-numbers-september-article-1.955938
So let's argue that the ratings are in line with what Current hoped for (I don't know if it was at Current's request or if Nielsen believes Current has enough viewers to warrant daily tracking, that is at least another good data point), the question still hangs out there -- why isn't Keith Olbermann hosting the primary shows? He is the second-most famous name at Current behind Al Gore, he is the reason they are taking a more newsy approach to programming. Behind-the-scenes drama is always the easy go-to explanation when Olbermann is involved, but it's hard to think of another reason for his absences. I don't think there are any more sick relatives (and I hope there aren't any more sick relatives). -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com Twitter: @westwit G+: http://plus.google.com/113413697748381364954 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wesleymcgee -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
