Maddow tops O'Reilly in ratings among key demo

[Lemon Drop]

May or may not be an ongoing trend, but kind of gives you hope for the country.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/dot-...me_b146534

[cbelt3]

'hope for the country' ?

I'll have more hope for the country when shows like "Honey Boo Boo" are replaced with Masterpiece Theater. :oldfogey:

Having one biased opinionater being able to sell more toilet paper and tampons than another is not, IMHO, a measure of civilization.

But then maybe I'm just an over-intellectual elitist. :biggrin:

[rankandfile]

cbelt3 wrote:

Having one biased opinionater being able to sell more toilet paper and tampons than another is not, IMHO, a measure of civilization.
:biggrin:

You would have to have fallen down the rabbit hole to equate O'Reilly with Maddow.

[Pam]

cbelt3 wrote:
'hope for the country' ?

I'll have more hope for the country when shows like "Honey Boo Boo" are replaced with Masterpiece Theater. :oldfogey:

Having one biased opinionater being able to sell more toilet paper and tampons than another is not, IMHO, a measure of civilization.

But then maybe I'm just an over-intellectual elitist. :biggrin:

I think I can come up with a better word than elitist. Entertainment comes in many forms and does not always have to be high caliber. Just ask Bugs Bunny.

[rjmacs]

I've always considered Rachel Maddow to be Jon Stewart without comedy writers. A common-sense, left-leaning political critic and pundit who focuses more on hypocrisy than polemic. O'Reilly, on the other hand, is a clear polemicist, albeit not a terribly rigorous one.

[cbelt3]

Bugs is the height of culture compared to the hillbilly reality shows on the t00b these days.

[$tevie]

I'd like to see Bugs Bunny on Masterpiece Theatre. Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny in "Bwideshead Wevisited".

[August West]

:jest:

[cbelt3]

$tevie... OMG.

How would Elmer pronounce "Weawwy". I'm envisioning Pontius Pilate in "Life of Brian".

[Manlove]

I thought certain parties wanted government funding for Public television to end. Isn't that where MPT plays?