{"id":8478,"date":"2012-11-19T17:36:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T01:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8478"},"modified":"2015-06-17T10:32:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T17:32:29","slug":"msnbcs-primetime-trounces-fox-news-since-election-day-maddow-and-odonnell-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8478","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC’s Primetime Trounces Fox News Since Election Day: Maddow And O’Donnell Soar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News is continuing to show weakness in its primetime schedule in the wake of President Obama’s reelection. In the eight days since election day MSNBC’s average audience for the key 25-54 year old demographic drew about 8% more viewers than Fox. [Source: TVNewser<\/a>, weekday Nielsen ratings from 11\/7-11\/16]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Particularly impressive were the results of the two powerhouse programs on the MSNBC lineup: Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell. Maddow won seven of the eight days against her Fox competition, Sean Hannity. For the 8-day run Maddow beat Hannity by 18% and her 544k average was second to only Bill O’Reilly in all of cable news. O’Donnell won all eight days against Fox’s Greta Van Susteren. His margin of victory over Van Susteren was 17% for the eight days.<\/p>\n

This can no longer be considered a temporary blip on the ratings scales. With two weeks having elapsed, the MSNBC programs are showing steady strength against competition that was once thought insurmountable. Only Bill O’Reilly is holding his top position for Fox in primetime. This may indicate that Sean Hannity is wearing thin with viewers who are likely disappointed with his overly confident (and harebrained) assurances that all the polls were wrong and that Mitt Romney would emerge victorious.<\/p>\n