MSNBC President Wants 'Investigation' Into Fox News' 'Impossible' Ratings Gain

[Dos Equis]

Bwahahahahaha!    Perhaps it might have a little to do with the fact Kelly is smarter, more entertaining, more honest, and much better looking.   

MSNBC President Wants 'Investigation' Into Fox News' 'Impossible' Ratings Gain
1:41 PM PDT 10/11/2013 by Paul Bond

Megyn Kelly blew out Rachel Maddow in the key demo on Tuesday after losing to her the night before. "I have never seen it in all my years of cable," says Phil Griffin.

Phil Griffin, president of MSNBC, says there's something fishy about Tuesday's ratings for the Fox News Channel, which were up significantly from a day earlier when Fox News debuted its new schedule. And he wants an investigation.

"Monday we had a really good day in the key demographic. On the night that Fox News debuted their three shows, we either tied or beat them in those hours," Griffin said at a briefing, according to TVNewser.

"Tuesday -- you guys should be doing some investigations; I have never seen it in all my years of cable -- same overnight, same everything. And they doubled their ratings in a day? It is impossible." Griffin continued, "I have never seen it. They did election-night numbers in the demo Tuesday."

The Nielsen numbers Griffin refers to include MSNBC beating Fox News on Monday in the adults 25-54 demographic at 7 p.m. and tying Fox News at 10 p.m.

At 9 p.m. on Monday, MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show beat Fox News' new The Kelly File, hosted by Megyn Kelly, by a slim 10,000 viewers in the key demo.

By Tuesday, though, Fox News was back to its dominant self, with 573,000 in the key demo compared with 261,000 for MSNBC between the hours of 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Perhaps most dramatically, Kelly's narrow loss to Rachel Maddow from a night earlier was significantly reversed, with Kelly drawing an audience of 623,000 in the key demo compared with Maddow's 291,000.

Nielsen has not yet responded to Griffin's remarks.

On Wednesday, Kelly beat Maddow 384,000 to 299,000 in the key demo, with CNN's Piers Morgan Live at 117,000. And on Thursday, Kelly beat Maddow 376,000 to 288,000, with Morgan at 157,000.

Griffin's assertion that Fox News did "election night" numbers on Tuesday may have been hyperbole, considering on Tuesday Fox News had 2.65 million in primetime and 573,000 in the key demo, while on the night of the presidential election Fox News had 7.5 million viewers with 3 million from the key demo, according the Nielsen.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/msnbc-president-wants-investigation-fox-647852

[Fury]

MSNBC and its very small number of fans (240):

[240 is Back]

Here's the deal... FOX is slaying the liberal media.  FOX is getting MORE viewers, not fewer.

Rass had obama at 41% approval in 2010.   Today, Rass has obama at 51% approval.

I think it really destroys any belief that obama is at 51% because of "the media".  Maybe they got him into office, but a ten point gain? 

FOX is getting stronger, but their enemy obama is getting stronger too.  

[Archer77]

They went to far to the left.  Hayes, Perry, Dyson and Sharpton need to go.  They should be embarrassed they gave Sharpton a show. It's completely unwatchable at this point.  I actually think Maddow is talented or at least the best of that bunch.  And I don't watch Fox.

[Roger Bacon]

Here's the deal... FOX is slaying the liberal media.  FOX is getting MORE viewers, not fewer.

Rass had obama at 41% approval in 2010.   Today, Rass has obama at 51% approval.

I think it really destroys any belief that obama is at 51% because of "the media".  Maybe they got him into office, but a ten point gain? 

FOX is getting stronger, but their enemy obama is getting stronger too.  

Fox is the best right now, but they're still not good.  I don't think it's liberal bias, it's government bias.  They cover for who ever is in the White House. 


MSM is worthless entertainment.

Stossel is the best

[Dos Equis]

They went to far to the left.  Hayes, Perry, Dyson and Sharpton need to go.  They should be embarrassed they gave Sharpton a show. It's completely unwatchable at this point.  I actually think Maddow is talented or at least the best of that bunch.  And I don't watch Fox.

Legitimizing Sharpton is an absolute embarrassment for both the Democrat party and MSNBC.

[Archer77]

Legitimizing Sharpton is an absolute embarrassment for both the Democrat party and MSNBC.

Sharpton is a buffoon and opportunist.  The man has zero integrity.

[Dos Equis]

Sharpton is a buffoon and opportunist.  The man has zero integrity.

Agree.

[Purge_WTF]

They went to far to the left.  Hayes, Perry, Dyson and Sharpton need to go.  They should be embarrassed they gave Sharpton a show. It's completely unwatchable at this point.  I actually think Maddow is talented or at least the best of that bunch.  And I don't watch Fox.

Agreed. I can't watch Sharpton for any extended period of time because of the way he bellows everything he says.

I find Megyn Kelly to be rather bland myself; her ratings will fall when the honeymoon phase is over.

[Dos Equis]

Agreed. I can't watch Sharpton for any extended period of time because of the way he bellows everything he says.

I find Megyn Kelly to be rather bland myself; her ratings will fall when the honeymoon phase is over.

It has been three years.  Awfully long honeymoon.   

[Dos Equis]

‘The Kelly File’s’ surge is legit: Nielsen
Ron Antonelli/New York Daily News

Nielsen has conducted an investigation into the ratings for Megyn Kelly’s new Fox News Channel show, “The Kelly File,” following grousing by MSNBC chief Phil Griffin.

The investigation has revealed that the numbers for Kelly are accurate.

Last Tuesday, the day after its debut, “The Kelly File” doubled its audience, crushing “The Rachel Maddow Show,” its MSNBC competition.

Griffin called for a probe, dubbing the ratings feat “impossible.”

Nielsen executives declined to comment.

http://thedailynewsreport.com/2013/10/14/entertainment/the-kelly-files-surge-is-legit-nielsen/#.Ul1xkhYWnlJ