The Melissa Harris-Perry show had the best hour on Saturday, although it was not a particularly strong hour.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Trending Topics in Cable News for Friday, April 11, 2014 — Bundy Ranch
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-04-11
The stand-off at the Bundy Ranch managed to be the top trending topic on Cable News Twitter on Friday, pushing the weeks old disappearing Malaysia Airlines flight down the list…
Cable News Twitter Ratings for Friday, April 11, 2014
The Ed Show had the best hour on Friday, while Hannity had the best day overall.
The Colbert Report was off for the day and so the excitement about his taking over for Letterman didn’t register.
Trending Topics in Cable News for Thursday, April 10, 2014 — Stephen! Stephen! Stephen!
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-04-10
The Colbert Report managed to pull down over 75K mentions on Thursday, making it by and far the most popular show on Cable News. It also propelled Comedy Central to the most engaged network (with only an hour of “news” programming!).
About 15% of the Colbert mentions included #CancelColbert. Nice try…
Cable News Twitter Ratings for Thursday, April 10, 2014 — Colbert to CBS
The announcement of Steven Colbert taking over for David Letterman drove his mentions to the stratosphere, giving him the best half-hour and the best day. After Colbert the leaders were Morning Joe, The Ed Show, and The Kelly File.
The Kelly File has been getting some good social media engagement as of late, which could mean either that she’s getting more engaging topics or that they’re getting better at social media. Either way, it’s an improvement for Fox News.