Jon Stewart won Cable News Twitter yesterday with the announcement of his eventual retirement from helming The Daily Show. I expect that this will overflow into Wednesday’s conversation as well. Meanwhile, The Kelly File won best hour, followed by The Daily Show, Anderson Cooper 360, On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren, and Morning Joe:
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Raw data for the day: 2015-02-10-ShowStats.csv
Fox News was on top of Cable News Twitter in January, with more mentions than the other 4 networks. CNN came in second and, on some days, even topped Fox News. MSNBC was in third play, but at no time exceeded the mentions of Fox or CNN. HLN and Al Jazeera bumped along the bottom, with HLN occasionally showing a bit of life from time to time.
Charts after the jump:
The Grammys, with Obama and Kanye and all, managed to top the discussion on Cable News Twitter on Monday:
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Raw data: 2015-02-09-TagStats.csv and 2015-02-09-WordStats.csv
The Kelly File won best hour in Cable News Twitter, while HBO’s Last Week Tonight (which has a repeat on Monday) won the best day overall. Last Week Tonight’s strength follows on its win for best hour on Sunday; as the show airs so late in the evening on Sunday follow-on conversation naturally spills into Monday.
Following Kelly for best hour was Hannity, 7am Morning Joe, On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren, and 6 am Morning Joe:
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Raw data for the day: 2015-02-09-ShowStats.csv
Fox News’ Cashin’ In may not have been on the air Sunday, but its new hashtag, #WakeUpAmerica, dominated the conversation on Cable News Twitter.
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It even outpaced #tcot, which isn’t particularly tied to any given show but just tags conservatives’ tweets.
Oh, and the misspelt #WakeUpAmeirca? 244 mentions compared to #WakeUpAmerica’s11,222 mentions.
Raw data for the day: 2015-02-08-TagStats.csv and 2015-02-08-WordStats.csv