No Love For Keith

I'm curious if anyone else has the same thoughts here: I was a bit surprised to see USA at the top, but they do have some pretty darn good original series programming now so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. It's just that I remember thinking a few years ago about how originally it was one of the really big cable networks in cable's infancy.

Then again, as a sports guy, I thought it was an early cable titan because it was the first to have MLB and NBA games back in the early 80s (well before ESPN had either). Once USA gave up being any kind of a sports network I stopped watching.

But in the last few years they've won me over with shows like Monk, In Plain Sight, Burn Notice and (one of my current favorites) White Collar. In fact, when it comes to my favorite dramas, they all seem to be on USA, TNT or FX. I do not watch a current one-hour drama on any of the networks with the exceptions of 24
on Fox and Chuck on NBC. And I don't really consider Chuck to be a drama so much as an hour-long comedy.

 

USA gets a huge bump from WWE rasslin' more than anything.

Top 25 cable shows for the week ending January 17, 2009:
Rank Shows NET DAY(S) Time Viewers Live+SD (000)2
1 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA Mon 09:00P-10:00P 5,492
2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA Mon 10:00P-11:09P 5,403
3 NCIS USA Mon 08:00P-09:00P 4,615
4 NCIS USA Wed 08:00P-09:00P 4,505
5 SPONGEBOB NICK Sat 09:30A-10:00A 4,325
6 NCIS USA Thu 07:00P-08:00P 4,212
7 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOXN Thu 08:00P-09:00P 4,205
8 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR NICK Sat 10:00A-10:30A 4,167
9 SPONGEBOB NICK Sun 09:30A-10:00A 4,087
10 NCIS USA Wed 07:00P-08:00P 4,058
11 SUITE LIFE ON DECK DSNY Fri 08:30P-08:55P 4,016
12 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOXN Tue 08:00P-09:00P 3,954
13 WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE DSNY Fri 08:00P-08:30P 3,940
14 SPONGEBOB NICK Sat 12:30P-01:00P 3,856
15 GOOD BURGER NAN Sun 08:00P-10:00P 3,841
16 NCIS USA Wed 09:00P-10:00P 3,807
17 NCIS USA Mon 07:00P-08:00P 3,791
18 JERSEY SHORE MTV Thu 11:00P-12:00A 3,786
19 FANBOY & CHUM CHUM NICK Sat 10:30A-11:00A 3,765
20 BRING IT ON FIGHT/FIN PR FAM Sun 08:00P-10:00P 3,724
21 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOXN Wed 08:00P-09:00P 3,688
22 LEVERAGE TNT Wed 10:00P-11:00P 3,688
23 ICARLY NICK Sat 01:00P-01:30P 3,684
24 THE OREILLY FACTOR FOXN Fri 08:00P-09:00P 3,661
25 SPONGEBOB NICK Sat 09:00A-09:30A 3,655
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Speaking of USA, anyone else watch White Collar? Love that show. It just returned this past Tuesday after leaving with a cliffhanger in December.

 

NAN...Nick at Night?

 

*rim shot*

I liked Olbermann a lot better when he was doing sports. For allegedly being so insignificant, he sure has had the ability to get under O'Reilly's skin over the years. Some time back, O'Reilly threatened to sic "Fox Security" - whatever that is - on some caller who dared mention Keith's name.

I suspect at least some of O'Reilly's viewers turn him on looking for a car crash.

 

Why watch a car crash when you can watch a bus wreck every night on MSNBC.

 

So what's that make Larry King? An airline wreck?

 

Olbermann was great when he had a sense of humor. Now he's as unwatchable as any other of the cable screamers. They're all like political TV Mad Libs, when you would play with a kid that gave you the same responses every time.

(Name of president) is an (adjective) because he (verb, past tense) (noun) today, thus (verb ending in -ing) the (noun) of (nation).

 

Absolutely great show. I DVR it every week and look forward to its release on DVD.

 

I stopped watching USA when "Night Flight" was canceled.

 

O'Reilly has more viewers than MSNBC/ CNN combined.

 

Conservative broadcast entertainment/commentary is more popular than the liberal version. We know this.