All in with Chris Hayes had the most mentions during a broadcast, but ongoing news about Bieber’s arrest in Florida drove E! News to the top spot for mentions throughout the day…

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An unusual win for Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, which had the best hour of the day — all in a half-hour.  Clearly the cold weather and lack of breaking news depressed talk about more traditional cable news shows.  If you look at only more traditional cable news shows, MSNBC’s The Ed Show wins best hour.

Meanwhile, Piers Morgan continues to mix it up on Twitter, and as a result he has the most mentions during the day…

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Megyn Kelly hit 600,000 followers on Twitter, an event that sparked a huge round of comments — so much so, that it pushed The Kelly File into first place for best hour of the day yesterday.  Right behind her was Morning Joe.

Meanwhile, Piers Morgan continued to dominate the day overall, as he often does, by his unrelenting and prolific tweeting.

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A strong day for The Ed Show as news about Hoboken and the ongoing “Bridgegate” scandal drove conversation on Twitter.  Piers Morgan had a variety of UK football related mentions, as usual, that buoyed his daily numbers; without those, Morning Joe would have most likely won the day overall.

Note that all times are US Eastern Time. See notes at end for further explanations. For earlier articles on cable news twitter ratings, please see this.

Cable News Twitter Ratings for 2014-01-20

Top Shows for the day:

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It was a one-two punch for MSNBC on Twitter, as Melissa Harris-Perry’s 11am hour got the most mentions of any cable news show while Up with Steve Kornacki got the most mentions throughout the day.

Note that all times are US Eastern Time. See notes at end for further explanations. For earlier articles on cable news twitter ratings, please see this.

Cable News Twitter Ratings for 2014-01-19

Top Shows for the day:

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