September 10, 2007 08:10 AM
Uh oh, BillO!
Per TVNewser:
Maybe, just maybe the idea of adding Keith Olbermann to the NFL on NBC roster is paying off for his MSNBC show. Countdown was the number one show in all of cable news Friday night, in the 25-54 demo (live+ same day DVR). Olbermann's Friday night win comes after his Thursday night appearance during halftime of the Saints-Colts game. An estimated 16.5 million viewers (18-49) watched the game.
That's right, Falafel Boy, Keith has the money demo. But hey, you didn't get Worst Person in The World last night, so at least you have that.
frist?
Good for KO, I liked how he named himself "The worst person in the NFL" the first time around. Bill-O wouldn't poke fun at himself even if it was to save the last loofah on the planet
Frist.
Olbermann has sports cred.
Billo has a resume as a hack journalist hosting 'Inside Edition.'
Paul got frist, frist.
it was just a matter of time.........does this mean that the 30%rs numbers have dropped as well?
Billo's not even a hack journalist.....he's a tabloid commentator...no really.
mudshark @ 4:
To get to those 30% you have to put Keith on NASCAR.
Congrats Keith. You earned it a long time ago. We look forward to your next Special Comment on the spineless Dems, their inability to impeach bush, and General Petraeus' BS report. Smack 'em all upside the head.
Loofa boy must have done a cornflake spit-take (I like how that rhymes) when he read the numbers this morning.
Fuck Billo... That water carrying shill! I hope that vein in his forehead finally pops!
Gort @ 6:
...or better yet, college football. People in both the upper midwest (Great Lake region) and southeast are rabid NCAA football fans. He'll get two regions where the rural areas hold a majority of the 30%ers, and be a commentator on something he's already familiar with.
:D Wooooo Hoooooo! :D
You mean people finally got tired of hearing about how misunderstood Bush was and how his critics were America haters?
Sheesh, what took so F***ING long???
Congrats, Keith. Well earned. Billo's giant head's gonna 'splode!
"All right. You've covered your ass now."
~Words of President Bush to a CIA briefer who delivered the memo titled “Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US” to Bush on Aug. 6, 2001, about a month before the September 11 attacks happened- a memo he ignored.
We will never forget.
One would hope for him, that its an enduring trend, and not just a flare.
KO just KO'd Orally!!!! The right should take this opportunity to distance themselves from FOX and Orally. Wheeeeew...no point of order was called.
Bad, KO! Bad! Bad! KO should have given SpongeBill NoPants an honorable WPITW mention just celebrate Countdown's victory over the Evil Empire:)
Hey, wait a minute, over at Olbermannwatch, they keep insisting that the 25-54 'money demo' exists only in Keith's brain. I'm so confused!
I. AM. SO. WEARY. OF. THIS!!!
Enough with the whole Olbermann-vs-O'Reilly childishness already, sheesh!
The "Our-Team-vs-Their-Team" mentality is what's gotten this country in a big part of its mess, so TRY REPORTING REAL NEWS!!! I don't expect true journalism from O'Reilly, but come on Keith, I thought you were a TRUE reporter...
I reject this little bit of theater.
Indigowatcher @ 18:
You don't like it, don't read it. It is that simple. Or get your own website and make the rules. Who do you think you are? "W"?
Olbermann's success is well-deserved. He's simply not the shill that O'Reilly is. As Bill Hicks once said about Reagan: "How far up your a** does his d**k have to be before you realize he's f***ing you?" Even the so-called "NASCAR" demographic (I like NASCAR so I guess I'm one of them too) can't deny that Bush is ruining our country.
AR @ 7:
Yeah... like AR said!
Congrats to Keith. Bill's slide into Howard Hughes-esque madness continues
Great entertainment...
as Rome burns.
What the hell is this about?
I. AM. SO. HAPPY. WITH. THIS!!!
(goodbye billy!)
Republicans Are Traitors @ 13:
Excellent link! Thanks for that reminder. I agree that Bu$h and all of his syncophants, including D.Cheney, need to be hauled into court and prison for war crimes.
It was great to see Olbermann teamed with Bob Costas on NFL on NBC. Awesome pair!
"AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET HIM!"
I miss ESPN Keith, but this is great news. If someone told me in 1993 that Keith Olbermann would become the Edward R. Murrow of the twenty-hundreds, I don't think I would have bought it.
E in MD @ 9:
Now, that my friend, would be a moment that would Live In TV History...
last night's show
O'Reilly: Give Petraeus 1,000 More Dead Soldiers To See If The Surge Will Work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO2Wg5P8utA
O'Reilly says himself that even though "the USA is likely to lose another thousand killed in the process" we should give Petraeus "the resources he needs within a year's time..."
Two more F.U.s and a thousand more dead soldiers, give or take a couple hundred, that's all Bush needs to be able to pass this catastroph*ck onto the next President.
Falafel Boy's demographic isn't necessarily NASCAR, although there probably is some correlation there......his actual demographic is GRAVEYARD
The average age cited of an O'Reiley viewer was 68.6....and that was 18 months ago so call it 70.1?
Average human lifespan is 77.6
Here are the factors of long lifespan:
http://extension.missouri.edu/silverthreads/2007%20articles/live%20longe...
I suspect that a good number of them are not particularly descriptive of O'Reilly's audience.
V V
Congrats to KO! Falafel boy is the perfect foil, always rising to the bait. He is the Major Frank Burns of television. As hard as this pill must be for faux to swallow, wait until enough of his geriatric audience dies off and he is passed in the ratings by the Cartoon Channel...
Indigowatcher @ 18:
I reject any compromise from fathead conservatives now that they are losing.
Keith Olbermann singing to Bill O'Reilly:
You are an obsession
You're my obsession
Who do you want me to be
To make you sleep with me
You are an obsession
You're my obsession
Who do you want me to be
To make you sleep with me
My fantasy has turned to madness
All my goodness has turned to badness
My need to possess you has consumed my soul
My life is trembling I have no control
I will have you
Yes I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
Like a butterfly
A wild butterfly
I will collect you and capture you
This has gone well past the point of ridiculousness. I think the last TV show I watched on a Friday night was Love, American Style.
[Really bugs you, huh? -- Sitemonitor]
Zenrage @ 33:
Hmm, let someone, one of your OWN, express an opinion that isn't popular and you attack. Sound like a familiar tactic, kinda like something the GOP would do? I stand by what I said earlier, ENOUGH with this flavor of journalism! It's immature to call "Us-vs-Them" legitimate journalism. I only mention it because I'm sick and tired of the low standards of our American media. If Keith Olbermann has a new national spotlight, I'm just offering advice: Focus on more important things, and steer clear of schadenfreude if you can help it. I'm a big fan of Keith's show, it's just that ONE thing, the unhealthy obsession with Bill O'Reilly, that I don't care for. And I will continue to express my opinions on this site, which I have set as my homepage.
KO must have a heck of a research department.
BO's audience average age is reportedly 71. Any viewers in the coveted age group are gravy. What are KO's ratings in BO's age group? Did you wonder why there so many Cialis & Viagra commercials on Fox?
Hey Billo:
Put that under your loofah and scrub it, ya human parade float!
BigheadBigheadBigheadBigheadBighead BIG! GIANT! HEAD!
BigheadBigheadBigheadBigheadBighead BIG! GIANT! HEAD!
BigheadBigheadBigheadBigheadBighead BIG! GIANT! HEAD!
Indigowatcher @ 35:
That's all fine, I am with you on all points (and a great homepage C&L is!), but lest we forget, Countdown is an hour on the clock. As you noted, Olby spends time on pllllenty of other stuff. Taking a jab at Oreilly is fun, easy, and very, very good for the American boob tubers. It isn't (imho) just about shavingfraus...shleppingfrankfurters...shiteingfreude...how do you spell that again?
:)
mr.ed @ 37:
For that matter, just count the number of commercials in general related to either the pharmaceutical OR insurance industries. Take these away, and disregard the self-promotion of the networks’ own shows, and there’s not much more than dead-air during commercial breaks. Think about what this says about our current economy…
Indigowatcher and Dennis,
though I am looking at this from the outside, it is my distinct impression is that most people here see the necessity to relegate some tv personalities away from the screens/media, as they are consistently spouting lies to a populace that eats it up, and gives credibility to a very corrupt administration, and their flawed policies, which do cause all of us harm, or at the very least, far more threat, than would otherwise have happened.
As such, with KO being viewed as one of the few honest voices out in the MSM (at least here), it is a natural consequence that any good news for him, and bad news for Bill'O will spark off cheering on this website.
The only problem, that I might see arising, is if the "grind the repugs to the dust" thoughts take precedence over any rational "get the liars out, and truthful reporting in, so we can start fixing this" way of thinking.
Regrettably, the longer the fight takes, and the harder it gets, the bashing of your adversaries becomes more important, and correcting the situation might become less important.
One would hope people remembers that, even as much they loathe Bill'O, making him unimportant/removing him from the media is not a goal, its a means to a goal.
Norse @ 41:
I totally agree with you and Indigo.
But if people focus on the issues and not this silly business, how would C&L stay in business?
And more importantly, how will all the 'diehard liberals' get to satisfy their humor egos by spouting off such brilliant gems as "Bill O'Fallafel"?
What night, time and channel is KO appearing on free TV? I keep missing it.
How are jokes about "Bill O'Fallafel" any worse or immature than reichwingers who come on this site to ridicule KO?
jr @ 22:
Maybe you're onto something. It's possible he picked up syphillis from that "little brown woman" in Indonesia. Yikes-I think I just threw up a little in my soul.
ysbaddaden @ 44:
They aren't. Not at all.
But do you really wanna be on par with said "reichwingers"?
I'd rather just know that I'm a bit better than them in that regard. But that's just me.
I did some in-depth analysis of Countdown's ratings victory. There is a great deal of good news here (and some pretty graphics too). For instance:
Read more here: The O’Reilly Fracture: Countdown To Victory Edition
And feel free to repost the chart showing Keith womping Bill-O's butt.
Good for him, but I really hope the KO vs. BO catfight would take a backseat to more important and urgent matters. So yeah, Billy O'Really is an idiot who says a lot of stupid things but KO should make a separate Worst Person List for Faux News-associated people and everybody else out there who make this world a worse place to live.
--rs
Congrats to Olbermann.
I can't wait till this sort of thing is happening every single night.
Good job KO...
Makes me happy!!!! I last watched Faux and Billo two weeks before the 2004 election...Quite drinking the Kool-aid too...
drgdg @ 46:
You fight fire with fire, not break out the marshmellows.
I like some of Olbermann's stuff, and O'Reilly is a total windbag, but I think it's a bit premature to start celebrating. According to the link posted, Keith rarely wins in the 25-54 demographic and he was still behind even CNN for month of August, although they did not include DVR numbers, which would seem to give him a boost.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/august_ratings_the_8pm_pictu...
ysbaddaden @ 51:
Keith is better than Billo.
1) He never screams at guests
2) He has a sense of humor
3) He is a journalist
dennis @ 34:
God, I remember that song. "Obsession" by Animotion is still one of my favorite 80's songs. Maybe this could show up on Late Night Music Club.
O'Lielly gets ridiculed because he ridicules.....He gets lambasted because he yells and interrupts his guests...He is the rudest, vile person on tv.....if he wants to be treated well ...then he needs to act accordingly..and show some respect and downright honesty.....only when he does these simple things will I stop insulting this vile blob of leftover lust.
dennis @ 34:
very very weird.
Indigowatcher @ 18:
Concern troll.
ysbaddaden @ 51:
Call me crazy, but I wouldnt be fighting anything with immaturity and name calling.
O'Lielly is taking a lot of punches to the head from Keith.
Personally with all the great work KO has been doing exposing the hypocrisy of this administration and the right wing, I prefer him not to do something as irrelevant as sports schtick. But hey, he's gotta make money.
His ESPN attitude kind of clashed with Costas (the MOST hyper-overrated person in sports advertising (sorry, can't force myself to call it "journalism", PERIOD.)
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