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The great MediaBistro

Phil Griffin knew it would happen, he just didn't think it would happen this quickly. On Friday night, MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann was the top-rated cable news show in the 25-54 demo. That means Olbermann beat his cable rival, FNC's The O'Reilly Factor and its host Bill O'Reilly. That's a first.

...O'Reilly and all the FNC primetime programs still dominate the total viewer numbers. So why is the demo win such a big deal? "It's everything, the demo is everything. It's where we make our money," said Griffin.

In total viewers, O'Reilly still smokes everyone else by a pretty large margin. Yet to be determined, however, is whether or not the >70 demo O'Reilly cultivates is actually awake during his program, though.

 

[maynerd]

It's all over but the cryin for the big O

 

[ZeoVGM]

Not really sure what the battle is here. They're both douches.

 

[typhonsentra]

You have to hand it to Keith, he's used this feud to reach some amazing success. He doesn't even have a successful lead-in and can still compete directly against O'Reilly. And just think what the numbers were like a year ago!

 

[Tamanon]

I guess it means more Republicans are out partying on a Friday than Democrats?

 

[bill0527]

Was O'Reilly working on friday night? He usually has a guest host and takes a 3 day weekend. Usually its that Phillipino looking girl or somebody else lame.

 

[typhonsentra]

Was O'Reilly working on friday night? He usually has a guest host and takes a 3 day weekend. Usually its that Phillipino looking girl or somebody else lame.

According to Newshounds, he was on that particular night.