Letterman's Ratings Soar!

[monmouth]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/lettermans-ratings-soar-o_n_216465.html

New York Times:

Monday night, when Mr. Letterman offered his extended apology to Governor Palin and her family, he had his best night yet in the continuing late-night competition against NBC's new "Tonight" show star, Conan O'Brien. In preliminary national ratings, Mr. Letterman pulled in 700,000 more viewers than Mr. O'Brien Monday night, 3.9 million to 3.2 million, his biggest margin yet over his new competitor. Mr. Letterman routinely trailed the former "Tonight" host Jay Leno by a million viewers or more.

Read the whole story: New York Times


I sure wish someone could post this you know where....

[grannie4peace]

1. i tivoed him :)

[MADem]

2. Well, I'll bet all those assholes who pulled their ads regret it, big time!

Seven hundred K additional viewers, at the lower price?

Whoever got their ads filled in got a bargain, too! Ha, ha!

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. Guilty as charged

I always preferred Letterman over Leno, but I was planning to watch Conan for a week or two to see how he fit into his new job. As soon as this Moosealini soap opera started up, I switched back to Dave.

[Uben]

4. I was a Leno fan....

...but I just can't stomach Conan. I watch Dave occasionally, and this is just another reason to tune in more!

[Arugula Latte]

19. Really?

I'm the total opposite. Love Conan, can't stand Leno. I haven't been able to stomach Leno in years. I liked him in the 80s, though, when he used to fill in for Johnny, but Leno was a horrible disappointment as a Tonight Show host. Just my two cents. :)

[UrbScotty]

28. Same here (nt)

[CitizenPatriot]

5. and compare that to the CeePee protesters at DAve's show

they had 50 (self reported), and who knows how many porta potties.

plus, they've raised 50,000.00 for her trust fund (legal defense or clothes or whatever fund). Woo hoo. I told them we raised 500,000 in a night for Obama and it was easy. All we had to do was let some shrill pitbull dog natter on and lie about her bridge to nowhere for a few minutes at the RNC.

edit cuz the moose makes me brain frizzle

[Contrary1]

7. I was wondering about the "big" turnout...

Do you have a link to a story that I can read and enjoy?

[blowback]

9. here's one take on it

http://gawker.com/5293162/david-lettermans-job-is-probably-safe

[Contrary1]

13. Thanks! Actually, there were tens of good Amurkins in attendance.

But, if one were to remove the gawkers, camera people, and counter-protesters...maybe 40?

[EOTE]

22. Not quite tens, but definitely fives of protesters there.

The reports that I've heard said there were 15 protesters in total and 35 members of the media covering it. But then, out of those 15, three were there from the Howard Stern Show to mock the rest of them. So, ultimately there were 12 people there legitimately to protest. So I think it's fair to say that there were dozen of people there.

[CitizenPatriot]

12. think I saw it on Huff Po

but KO just said there were "sometimes 40" people --LOL.

Now, they're schooling Palin on the 1st Amendment, which they are informing her protects Dave Letterman from her -- not her from him.

Ha Ha Ha!!!

"I can see the 1st amendment from my front door!" "the military might go to Alaska to protect Americans from Sarah Palin" -- KO guest quotes!!

[earth mom]

6. ROFL! Go Dave!

:woohoo:

[rurallib]

8. but but but Hannity said he was going to be run off TV!!!

[lpbk2713]

10. So Failin ends up looking like a schmuck (as usual) ...

... and Dave's ratings go through the roof. I wonder if the Wasilla Hillbillies have any more bright ideas up their sleeves?

[SoCalDem]

11. It's the power of "C"

Controversy + Conan

:rofl:

[Captain Hilts]

14. That's cool. nt

[The Doctor.]

15. That's cool... I would expect a clever person like Conan to start apologizing to everyone including

Sara Palin.

It would be the heart of satire to do so.

[BuyingThyme]

16. That's it. She has to do O'Brien.

[Wednesdays]

17. K&R

:kick:

[deaniac21]

18. who gives a shit about a tv program...this shit just detracts from

what is important.

[ArnoldLayne]

20. Great!! keep this thread kicked

:dem: :kick: :kick:

[LuckyLib]

21. Could some of this have been due to the rumor that Tina Fey was going to do a Sarah appearance?

[TheCoxwain]

23. O'Brien SUCKS BIG TIME .. He is totally UNFUNNY ... NBC was stupid to replace LENO with this

JOKER ..


oops ... But he is not funny .. so cant be a Joker.

[jmondine]

24. It's a word, it's a plan, it's Letterman!

[marmar]

25. We got ya back, Dave.....

..... to hell with wolf-slaughtering mental midget hypocrites.

[WI_DEM]

26. the test is not how Dave does in ratings at the height of the controversy but if he holds onto it

now that it dies down.

[Joey Liberal]

27. I watch Dave now too! nt