Chris Christie is the gift that keeps on giving for Steve Kornacki, propelling both his first and second hours to the top of Twitter.
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Cable News Twitter Ratings for January 31, 2014 — Real Time Winner
Real Time with Bill Maher isn’t exactly a cable news show, but I include him in my rating because he’s live, topical, and at least as news focused as some of the shows on MSNBC and Fox. Still, it’s a surprise to see him with the most mentions during a broadcast hour; it was driven, in some part, by his announced goal of bouncing out a congressman in the next election.
Cable News Twitter Ratings for January 30, 2014 — Tweet! Tweet!
One of the problems with doing Twitter analytics for shows is that not all shows have unique Twitter accounts or hashtags. And so for “generic” shows I use the network’s Twitter account under the assumption that anyone who wants to mention the show will be stuck using the general account, like @MSNBC. Such is the case for MSNBC Live, which is the general news shows MSNBC fills holes in its schedule.
But every once in a while this blows up: people are talking about the network itself, rather than its shows. Such was the case on Thursday, when the dust-up over a tweet that implied that right wingers are against inter-racial marriage stormed Twitter, and people mentioned @MSNBC all over the place.
So, when you see the stats below for most popular show hour and day, it just means that MSNBC itself was the dominant topic. Absent that, The Ed Show would have been in first place.
Cable News Trending Topics for Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-01-29
Funny how, on the night of the State of the Union address, the right wing managed to dominate Twitter, but the day after the liberal MSNBC seized top spot. I’m not sure what that means….
Top Shows for the day:
| Category | Mentions | Show |
| Most Mentions During Hour | 2900 | MSNBC: The Rachel Maddow Show |
| Most Mentions During Day | 27983 | MSNBC: MSNBC Live |
See the complete hour by hour, show by show ratings here.
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Cable News Twitter Ratings for January 29, 2014 — Revenge of the MSNBC
Well, one day it’s Fox, the next it’s MSNBC. The Rachel Maddow Show manages to get the most mentions, while MSNBC as a whole got the most mentions of the day.