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HuffPo Hypes Anderson Cooper Ratings 'Surge' to #16 in Cable News

By P.J. Gladnick | March 02, 2011 | 21:20

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WOO! HOO!

Break out the victory champagne!

Anderson Cooper has "surged" in the cable news ratings to an "amazing" 16th place. Why, he even beat out the ratings caboose of MSNBC known as Ed Schultz. The way the Huffington Post carried on with thick helpings of hype, you would have thought that Cooper had just beaten Fox News' top rated Bill O'Reilly instead of the dismal Ed Show. A very hopeful Huffington Post begins its article by posing this question:

Is CNN experiencing a ratings rebound?

Actually Anderson Cooper experienced a ratings anomaly in February due to all the publicity from getting roughed up by an Egyptian crowd in Cairo while covering the downfall of Hosni Mubarak. However, rather than toss cold water on the Huffington Post's joy in Anderson Cooper experiencing a very temporary ratings blip, let us amuse ourselves by observing their joy at Cooper's "surge" to #16:

The network had a very strong February —bolstered by its coverage of the wave of popular revolts in the Middle East — growing 31% in total viewers and 55% in the A25-54 demo in weekday primetime compared to February 2010 ratings.

The biggest success was Anderson Cooper, who found himself at the center of the network's Egypt coverage. Cooper topped MSNBC for the first time since June 2010. He beat Ed Schultz in the A25-54 demo (305,000 viewers vs. 234,000) and in total viewers (855,000 vs. 827,000).

To place things in perspective, let us note that Cooper's Fox News competitor in his 10 PM EST time slot is Greta van Susteren who at #6 in the ratings attracts 1.623 million viewers which overwhelms Cooper's 854,000 total viewers. Even the Huffington Post had to take a painful break from it's Anderson Cooper hype to very briefly note that Fox News crushes its competitors at MSNBC and CNN:

...and both networks still lag far behind Fox News, which beats its two primary competitors combined.

However, your humble correspondent prefers not to be a killjoy. Let us all rejoice in the amazing ratings "surge" of Anderson Cooper:

He's #16!

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More like a drug induced

Submitted by Miss_Me_Yet on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:27pm.

More like a drug induced flash back if you ask me.

Liberals ... we can't live with them, they couldn't survive without us ...

Haha... PJ, I just want to

Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:31pm.

Haha... PJ, I just want to say you and your blog have given me the most megga laughs in the past few years! NB if you haven't checked out his blog you must go there and bookmark that baby!

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend, unless my friend is more evil than my enemy."

That's sweet

Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:31pm.

Anderson Cooper probably missed his first Sweet 16 party. Now he has a place to wear that new outfit.

. . Socialist = Modern Liberal = Parasitoid

Is Baghdad Bob

Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:31pm.

writing at PuffHo's now?

To re-elect Obama would be like the Titanic backing up and hitting the iceberg again.

Cooper

Submitted by fatboy on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:32pm.

The 'surge' was clearly due to the fact that so many wanted to see him get his ass kicked!

Can you imagine if one of the

Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:35pm.

Can you imagine if one of the MSNBC hosts got his @$$ kicked?

They better be scared over there, who knows what Comcast will do for ratings.

Proud member of the 53%!

Surge?

Submitted by blazermaniac on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:56pm.

Wait until he climbs to #15. CNN will want an emmy award! The network should dissolve!

Can't ya just picture it?

Submitted by Lord-come-soon-... on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 10:12pm.

AC, in his ankle length frilly dress, with the Alps in the background, singing "I am sixteen, going on seventeen....." Liesel Von Trapp eat your heart out!

Hey, I was looking through

Submitted by jdhawk on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 10:15pm.

Hey, I was looking through the dictionary earlier today and came upon the word, loser. Guess who's picture was there - Sgt Shultz's - "360's" picture had been lined through! Meanwhile, I understand that "360" and Huff n' Puff are this year's nominees for the media's mutual admiration award. I can't wait to see who wins. Can you?

Hey Now

Submitted by Ashrak on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 10:27pm.

16 is waaaaay more than 1 - so Anderson wins the majority!

That an individual right exists requires that some policy positions be removed from the table of debate.

Duuuuude!

Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:30pm.

You are so right! Waaaaay bigger!

Can't wait for special Ed to

Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 10:37pm.

Can't wait for special Ed to claim that Cooper sold out to big media and has no values.

Non, je ne regrette rien. "You aren't angry because I might be a racist, you're angry because you know I'm right".

Andees only surge was noted

Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:04pm.

during one of his TEA BAGGING sessions.

hbnolikeee

Fox still rules the cable roost, CNN!

Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:06pm.

These guys at CNN are getting more delusional all the time. Fox still rules the cable news roost, and even a repeat of "The O'Reilly Factor" beats out anything CNN churns out...

If he keeps this up he might

Submitted by Thoreau on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:52am.

If he keeps this up he might even surpass Obama's Motown celebrations.

Or even.....

Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:29pm.

He could even surpass John Sebastian's "Folk Rewind (My Music)"

Congrats, Anderson!

Submitted by Teamcheeser on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 4:14am.

This puts you in the company of other great powerhouses; The Oakland Raiders, Detroit Tigers, Virginia Tech Hokies, those Anaheim (formerly mighty) Ducks, and "Extreme Makeover: Home Addition!"

Way to set that bar!