Chris Hayes was in Ferguson Mo. last night to broadcast live from the epicenter of events, and his show won the best hour and best day on Cable News Twitter.  Interestingly, unlike the previous day, it was his first live broadcast, not the second, that got top mentions; perhaps by 11pm EDT the audience had decided that there’d be no new news for the day.  I’ll also note that, on Wednesday, the Nielsen ratings showed that the 11pm second showing had more viewers than the 8pm first showing; there was a parallel between viewers and Twitter activity.

It was, comparatively speaking, a quiet day for Fox News, but I don’t expect that to last long…

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Cable News belonged to Chris Hayes last night, with him getting a clean sweep of both the best hour as well as the best day on Cable News Twitter.  It no doubt helps that his second showing of the evening was also live as he reported events in Ferguson, MO in real time.  What’s more, his best hour occurred at the 11pm slot — his second showing of the evening.

Rachel Maddow also did a second live broadcast, but as it started at midnight, it will be included in Thursday’s ratings.  For comparison, though, it received 3676 mentions during its showing this morning.

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