Ah, the joys of middle of the night conference calls with an off-short team. Well, anyway, it gives me an early start on running my stats, so, for Tuesday we see…
The Colbert Report had the best hour (in a half hour), while Hannity had the best day. If you don’t think Colbert is a cable news show, then Hannity wins best hour as well.
Blackfish … who keep talking about it? Whoever they are, they keep talking when everyone else stops, and when it gets real quiet in the Twitterverse we can hear them rising up about the waves with their small splashes of conversation.
Was anyone watching Cable News yesterday? That’s kind of a trick question, as a lot of cable news (especially MSNBC), was out back at the BBQ and not on TV. So, on a day where no one was around, we have Greta Van Susteren winning best hour and CNN International winning the day.
It’s like a throwback to a world where Bernard Shaw manned the anchor desk in Atlanta.
When “Beach” and “Sand” are bigger than ISIS on Cable News Twitter, you know it’s a holiday weekend. Have a good one, everyone.
What an interesting Sunday! The Melissa Harris-Perry Show had the best hour, but Meet The Press had the best day — with a big caveat. Absent that caveat, The MHP Show won best day as well.
Here’s the caveat: most of Meet The Press’s Twitter traffic was generated from the broadcast on local NBC affiliates starting at 9am eastern. Still, there was a considerable boost at 2pm ET when it played on MSNBC — and at 3pm ET when they ran the Meet The Press Extra show about Rand Paul.
Here’s a breakdown of the mention counts:
| Hour of Day (Eastern) | # of Meet The Press Mentions |
| 8 | 96 |
| 9 | 421 |
| 10 | 605 |
| 11 | 721 |
| 12 | 592 |
| 13 | 655 |
| 14 | 416 |
| 15 | 281 |
| 16 | 95 |
A week ago, the mentions during the NBC broadcast were higher (e.g., 951 in the 11am hour), but the mentions on MSNBC were a bit lower (323 + 212 in the 2pm and 3pm hours).
Next week Chuck Todd takes the helm at MTP. We’ll see how he does; I expect at least a one week surge in mentions.