Indiana’s religious freedom law drove Tuesday’s conversation on Cable News Twitter, resulting in a very busy day for shows on the cable networks. The Kelly File had the very best hour, followed by On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren, The Rachel Maddow Show, The Ed Show, and Hannity (who had the best day overall).
Raw data: 2015-03-31-ShowStats.csv
The Ed Show won Cable News Twitter on Monday, closely followed by Hannity, The Kelly File, and The Five. Hannity had the best day overall. Here’s the top 10 (well, 9, because The Five shows up two ways) shows for the day:
| Date | Time | Network | Show | TweetsHour | TweetsDay |
| 3/30/15 | 17:00 | MSNBC | The Ed Show | 1978 | 3029 |
| 3/30/15 | 22:00 | Fox News | Hannity | 1969 | 8476 |
| 3/30/15 | 21:00 | Fox News | The Kelly File | 1917 | 3294 |
| 3/30/15 | 17:00 | Fox News | The Five w/Hosts | 1912 | 5736 |
| 3/30/15 | 17:00 | Fox News | The Five | 1669 | 3126 |
| 3/30/15 | 21:00 | MSNBC | The Rachel Maddow Show | 1506 | 4227 |
| 3/30/15 | 19:00 | Fox News | On The Record w/Greta Van Susteren | 1104 | 3013 |
| 3/30/15 | 20:00 | MSNBC | All In w/ Chris Hayes | 1093 | 1976 |
| 3/30/15 | 7:00 | MSNBC | Morning Joe | 1018 | 3932 |
| 3/30/15 | 8:00 | MSNBC | Morning Joe | 843 | 3932 |
Raw data: 2015-03-30-ShowStats.csv
The Melissa Harris-Perry Show won the best hour in Cable News Twitter on Sunday, while CNN International had the best day overall.
Raw data: 2015-03-29-ShowStats.csv
It’s Saturday, and so it’s Cashin’ In that’s going to win. The only question left is who’s jockeying for the distant runner up positions. Saturday’s also-rans were both hours of the Melissa Harris-Perry Show, Judge Jeanine (who got a shout out on Saturday Night Live last night), and Red Eye:
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The spike for Cashin’ In speaks for itself, but I’ll point out that during the 11 am hour (Cashin’ In runs from 11:30 to noon), Cashin’ got more mentions – just in that one hour – than Melissa Harris-Perry and Up with Kornacki got, combined, through the entire 24 hours of Saturday. Those two shows had 5405 mentions total for the entire day, while Cashin’ had 5411 mentions in just the 11am hour.
Raw data: 2015-03-28-ShowStats.csv
Eric Bolling’s hosting of The O’Reilly Factor won Cable News Twitter on Friday, getting the best hour and best day overall.
Raw Data: 2015-03-27-ShowStats.csv