Cable News Twitter Ratings for Friday, May 2, 2014 — Cinco wins Dos

Ensemble shows like The View, The Five, and The Cycle are interesting to look at from the perspective of engagement.  On one hand, there is a thing which is the show and people watch it.  But then there are the hosts, and that’s who people engage with.  But with numerous hosts, it’s hard to tell if the host is getting engagement outside of the context of the show or inside.  So, in general, it’s notable when the hosts of a show get high engagement during the broadcast of the show but less notable outside of it.

On Friday, “The Five”, show and hosts, got the most mentions during it’s broadcast hour. With Benghazi being the top topic of the day, I think it’s safe to say that Benghazi is getting worked over again for a little bit of Fox outrage…

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Cable News was So Fetch on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 (Trending Topics on Twitter)

Cable News Trending Topics for 2014-04-30

Some days cable news is like a teenage boy.  Yesterday, it was a teenage girl (or at least memories of being one), with tags related to “Mean Girls'” 10th anniversary taking second, sixth, and seventh place.  Had they been all one hashtag, they would have dominated all other tags.

Oh yeah, Benghazi.  Which brings to mind the following quote from the movie: “Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen.”

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