Tuesday was all Hannity, all the time. Following Hannity was The Kelly File, The Colbert Report, Greta van Susteren, and The Ed Show:
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Raw data for the day: 2014-12-16-ShowStats.csv and 2014-12-16 Schedule.csv
There were two topics that consumed Cable News Twitter on Monday. The first was the death-by-hanging of NC african-american teen Lennon Lacy, which his family believes was a lynching and the FBI is now investigating. The second is the end of the hostage taking in Sydney, Australia.
These two topics were very close to each other in mentions:
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Full data for the day: 2014-12-15-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-15-WordStats.csv
A very typical week, with Hannity having the best day overall and The Kelly File winning the best hour in Cable News Twitter. Following Kelly for best hour on Monday was Hannity, Hayes, Maddow, and The Five:
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Raw data for the day: 2014-12-15-ShowStats.csv and 2014-12-15 Schedule.csv
Meet the Press had former Vice-President Dick Cheney as its guest, and not only did MPT win Cable News Twitter, but the topic of Dick Cheney and Torture dominated the conversation on Twitter:
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Raw data for the day: 2014-12-14-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-14-WordStats.csv
This is a “wow”: On Sunday, MSNBC’s replay of Meet The Press got more Twitter mentions during its broadcast than any other cable news show. That shows a tremendous deflation of the crowds as the holiday season sets in. Following MTP was both hours of Melissa Harris-Perry, then both hours of Up with Steve Kornacki, and then Fox News Sunday (at 2pm ET):
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Raw Data: 2014-12-14-ShowStats.csv and 2014-12-14 Schedule.csv