Not just a good day for Fox News’ The Five, but an awesome day, with nearly 40,000 mentions between the show and the hosts. Clearly, it wasn’t all talk about the show itself, but a huge reaction to the State of the Union speech. Nonetheless, it shows that there was a massive reaction to the speech from Fox News viewers, and dominated the day in a way that the President cannot be pleased about (were he to be concerned about Twitter, of course).
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Trending Topics in Cable News, January 27, 2014: Ukraine and #digitalmaidan
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-01-27
Two very unusual things happened on Monday. First, MSNBC managed to pull into first place ahead of CNN, which almost always sits in first place. Second, hashtags related to the Ukrainian crisis dominated the conversation, with 3 of the top 4 tags being related to events in that country. It may be that protests there are starting to move toward the top of the news. We’ll see how it goes…
Top Shows for the day:
| Category | Mentions | Show |
| Most Mentions During Hour | 2214 | MSNBC: All In w/ Chris Hayes |
| Most Mentions During Day | 14009 | CNN: Piers Morgan Live |
The Ed Show was just a few mentions short of All In for a virtual tie for first place. See how all the cable news shows ranked yesterday.
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Cable News Twitter Ratings for Monday, January 27, 2014 – MSNBC’s Primetime Chasm
It was neck and neck on Twitter yesterday for Chris Hayes, with 2214 mentions, and Ed Schultz, with 2203 mentions as the two shows dominated cable news chat.
What’s interesting is how quiet the gap is between the two shows: Al Sharpton got under 500 mentions and Chris Matthews under 700. I’ll never understand how a network like MSNBC can fail to follow best practices consistently through the evening. It’s an opportunity to keep an audience engaged throughout the evening, but they’re dropping the ball between the shows.
Trending Topics in Cable News for Sunday, January 26, 2014 — Grammys and #Nerdland
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-01-26
Although it wasn’t a cable news show, the Grammys still managed to be the dominate topic when discussing Cable News shows, courtesy of E! News. #Nerdland, the hash tag for the Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC, managed to come in second, while her show was the most mentioned show during its broadcast as well as throughout the day. No other specific topics dominated the day.
Top Shows for the day:
| Category | Mentions | Show |
| Most Mentions During Hour | 4652 | MSNBC: Melissa Harris-Perry Show |
| Most Mentions During Day | 9140 | MSNBC: Melissa Harris-Perry Show |
You can see the full set of ratings for the day here.
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Cable News Twitter Ratings for Sunday, January 26, 2014 — It was Melissa Harris-Perry Day!
A great double win by the Melissa Harris-Perry show: best hour and most mentions during the day, with volumes about double her normal levels. 4652 mentions during her last hour was a very high number, better than the best we see with weekday, primetime shows.
An interesting addition to the day was MSNBC’s irregularly scheduled “Taking the Hill Show”, which ran at 1pm, and received a modestly decent amount of mentions during its hour and day.