On Monday, 2013-09-09, CNN’s Crossfire returned to the air with four new hosts, Van Jones, Newt Gingrich, SE Cupp, and Stephanie Cutter.  And although some of the reviews I’ve seen have been mixed, the 4000+ mentions on Twitter it received (and nearly 6000 if you include the mentions of the 4 hosts’ accounts), put it on a par with some of the best shows (in terms of social engagement). And all that for a half-hour show instead of an hour!

Piers Morgan continues to burn up Twitter.  I have to say that he consistently does really well on Social Media, and I plan to write up a special blog post in the next few weeks looking at his social media prowess.

The Daily Rundown got 1337 mentions on Monday, which is spells “Elite” (LEET) in hacker speak.  Chuck Todd does seem a bit nerdy…

Here’s the complete set of twitter mention counts for September 9th, 2013:

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There were two notable things that happened on Sunday:

1. The premiere of “#MediaBuzz” on Fox News at 11am, up against CNN’s Reliable Sources.  And MediaBuzz turned out to be worth of its name, scoring over 700 Twitter mentions for the day as compared to Reliable Sources 166.
2. MSNBC sneaked in a repeat of “Advancing the Dream” without advancing the notice.  Other than a few tweets from people connected with the show, the re-run didn’t show up in TV schedule listings, on the MSNBC website, or in any other form that I saw.  As a result, while the show gained over 4000 mentions on Friday, the day of its live showing, it struggled to make 80 mentions during the second showing and a bit over 200 overall during the entire day.  Clearly MSNBC under did the publicity for this repeat showing, and so few people were engaged or (we can surmise) watching.

Here are the overall Twitter mention counts for Cable News Shows:

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Cable News Ratings for 2013-09-07

On the weekend, we see, as usual, that the only two shows that generate any significant Twitter engagement are MSNBC’s Up with Steve Kornacki and the Melissa Harris-Perry show.  For the most part, this is because these are the only shows that work at engaging their audience via social channels.

Note:  All times are in ET. 

Ratings for Weekends 6am

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Cable News Ratings for 2013-09-06

Notes:

• MSNBC Replaced All-in with Chris Hayes and the Rachel Maddow show with a special, “Advancing the Dream”.  I have included stats for that show here.
• There was no Lastword with Lawrence O’Donnell, even if I included the stats herein.
• I’m still gradually bringing the entire Cable News schedule online for the stats, please bear with me for any gaps you see.

Ratings for Weekdays 6am

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