Discussion of Colbert’s Finale Dominates Cable News Twitter Talk, 12/18/14

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-12-18

Thursday was all Colbert all the time, as his show’s ending dominated the conversation on Cable News Twitter:

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Raw data for day: 2014-12-18-TagStats.csv and 2014-12-18-WordStats.csv

Top Shows for the day:

Category Mentions Show
Most Mentions During Hour 12729 Comedy Central: The Colbert Report
Most Mentions During Day 43582 Comedy Central: The Colbert Report

Overall ratings by network

Network Tweet Count Unique Tweeters Reach Male Female
Fox News 51321 24198 364145863 67 % 33 %
Comedy Central 45841 36135 448320198 64 % 36 %
CNN 39799 28023 405409122 62 % 38 %
MSNBC 22153 9190 123256720 57 % 43 %
HBO 3792 3120 11142774 69 % 31 %
HLN 2404 1450 13995416 39 % 61 %
Al Jazeera 1857 1430 10140274 62 % 38 %
CBS 818 611 11214447 47 % 53 %
ABC 121 103 422095 56 % 44 %

Most popular hastags

Hashtag Count
#colbertreport 3127
#farewell 2941
#cuba 2799
#lnyhbt 2722
#thecolbertreport 2666
#tcot 2437
#theinterview 2326
#sonyhack 2039
#hannity 1785
#isis 1782

Tag Cloud across all shows

#2a #40 #5things #ac360 #america #askacop #bitcoin #bitcoinfuture #blackfish #blackfishoncnn #blacklivesmatter #bringbackourgirls #bulls #cashinin #ccot #cheektocheek #chicagoland #christmas #cnn #cnnheroes #colbert #colbertcountdown #colbertfinale #colbertnation #colbertreport #crimeisdown #cuba #cubapolicy #dailyshow #disclosure #edshow #et #farewell #fbi #ferguson #foxnews #freeamir #gazaunderrubble #gop #handsup #hannity #hardball #humanrights #icantbreathe #inners #iran #isis #kellyfile #knicks- #korea #lastword #lnyhbt #maddow #michigan #mikebrown #morningjoe #msnbc #nakedjustice #newday #news #north #northkorea #nra #obama #outnumbered #p2 #pakistan #peshawarattack #pjnet #puss #putin #putinpresser #realtime #recalculating #redeye #rednationrising #reiders #sgp #sony #sonyhack #stephencolbert #tbt #tcot #tdsbreakingnews #teamedshow #teaparty #tgdn #thecolbertreport #thefive #thehobbit #theinterview #thetaste #tlot #truthiness #tweet4taiji #ufo #uniteblue #usa #victory365 #witness40

 

Word Cloud across all shows

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