3/28/15 Revision:
The first version of this analysis failed to take into consideration that Eric Bolling was guest hosting the O’Reilly Factor. Including his mentions to the counts changed the outcome dramatically: while before The Kelly File and CNNi had won best hour and best day overall, the revised statistics show that The O’Reilly Factor won both.
Raw data: 2015-03-26-ShowStats.csv
Back to normal: The Kelly File and Hannity win best hour and best day, respectively, on Cable News Twitter.
Raw Data: 2015-03-25-ShowStats.csv
Hannity’s bump from Ted Cruz didn’t last long, as The Kelly File got to talk to the Senator next and The Five won Cable News Twitter on Tuesday.
Raw data: 2015-03-24-ShowStats.csv
Sean Hannity’s interview with Ted Cruz won Cable News Twitter, giving him the best hour and best day overall.
Note: Today is the first day of the reduced listings, where I’m focusing just on live (and re-runs of live) programming, and have dropped HLN, Al Jazeera, Comedy Central, and HBO from the charts because, well, they don’t really count….
Raw data: 2015-03-23-ShowStats.csv
Sunday saw MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show win the best hour with higher than normal mentions, while CNN International brought in the most mentions throughout the day.
Note that, starting with Monday’s ratings, the number of networks and shows will be reduced to the core of cable news.
Raw data: 2015-03-22-ShowStats.csv