If it’s Sunday, it’s Melissa Harris-Perry … and Meet The Press.  The two shows won best hour and best day, respectively, on Cable News.

Meet The press needs an asterisk, of course, in that it is shown not only on Cable but on traditional broadcast stations as well, and it is impossible to separate tweets that were generated from the respective showings, but it doesn’t take a large leap of faith to believe that the Melissa Harris-Perry show also won best day purely on Cable News, given her 4617 mentions throughout the day (compared to MTP’s 5594).

The runners-up to MHP for best hour were an interesting group: Parts Unknown missed 1st place by 5 tweets while Last Week Tonight, Melissa Harris-Perry (the 10 am hour), and both hours of Up with Steve Kornacki followed after that:

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A rare win for Morning Joe, which captured both the best hour and best day overall on Cable News Twitter. In fact, it was a such a rare day that MSNBC won the top 6 best hour slots:

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Raw data for the day: 2014-10-17-ShowStats.csv

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Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-10-16

Ebola was, of course, the top topic in Cable News Twitter for Thursday, but what’s breath-taking is how dominant of a topic it’s become:

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The Kelly file won the best hour while Hannity won best day, overall, on Thursday October 16, 2014.  Following Kelly for best hour were Hannity, Hayes, Morning Joe, and The Ed Show.  Kelly’s win was not as strong as her recent wins, however, suggesting that there are no new hot topics for her and her fans to get excited about.

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Raw data here: 2014-10-16-ShowStats.csv

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A typical weekday with The Kelly file winning best hour and Hannity winning best day. A point of irony: The Daily Show, which featured a spirited debate about “white privilege” between Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly, beat The O’Reilly Factor….

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It was also a sad day in Cable News land, as CNN announced a variety of firings and show cancellations.

Raw data here: 2014-10-15-ShowStats.csv

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