Internal memo congratulates "Countdown" for demo win over O'Reilly, hails MSNBC's "best week ever"

[DeepModem Mom]

TV Newser: Sunday Mar 02, 2008
Griffin Compliments Countdown Demo Win



TVNewser has obtained an internal memo from NBC News SVP Phil Griffin, congratulating the MSNBC staff for a "fantastic week," which included an A25-54 demo victory for Countdown with Keith Olbermann at 8pmET on Thursday night.

Countdown finished with 458,000 viewers in the demo, while The O'Reilly Factor on FNC was second with 441,000. Countdown also won the demo as the lead-in to the Democratic debate on Tuesday night. Griffin wrote in the memo, "Thursday night COUNTDOWN beat Bill O'Reilly, won the 8pm timeslot, and was the highest rated program on cable news."...

Griffin certainly looked to spread the good news about the big week — besides sending the memo to everyone at MSNBC, NBC News President Steve Capus and NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker were cc'ed.

The full memo:

From: Griffin, Phil (NBC Universal)
To: @MSNBC Everyone
CC: Zucker, Jeff (NBC Universal); Capus, Steve (NBC Universal)
Sent: Fri Feb 29 19:05:52 2008
Subject: Big Night for Countdown

This has been a fantastic week for MSNBC.

Thursday night COUNTDOWN beat Bill O'Reilly, won the 8pm timeslot, and was the highest rated program on cable news. COUNTDOWN is such a well produced program and these ratings reflect the great work Keith, Izzy, and everyone on that staff puts into the show. You all should be proud.

COUNTDOWN's success Thursday night caps off the best week ever at MSNBC.

Congratulations to them, and everyone at MSNBC and NBC News.

Phil

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/griffin_compliments_countdown_demo_win_78796.asp

[dkf]

1. KO rocks!

[SoFlaJet]

2. Keith Olberman is a HACK

who is so biased towards Barack Obama that Clinton-lovers now refuse to watch him~~~~~sarcasm~~~~

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. LMBAO....

add Stephanie Miller, Sam Seder, Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann, Rachel Maddow, David Schuster...and all of progressive talk radio. It would be laughable if it weren't so pathetic.

[monmouth]

3. Oooh, will Tweety's head explode??? He never got ratings like that,

even before he went to the "dark side."..lol. Congrats Keith, love ya..

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Billo's might - it's the size of a medicine ball filled with sewage

[bagimin]

6. K&R

For K.O.

[CaliforniaDreaming]

7. I LOVE Keith Olbermann. Chris Matthews is the HACK! nt

[DeepModem Mom]

8. We love KO, Cal -- welcome to DU!!!

[GigiMommy]

9. I totally agree with you and

WELCOME to DU!:hi:

[RavensChick]

10. Tweety is such a jerkoff

he can't see the forest for the trees 99.9% of the time. Sometimes I wish MSNBC can see right though this tool and realize that Keith speaks the truth and he talks smack!

Welcome to DU, Cal! Come by the KOEB thread sometime! We have a fantastic time there!

:hi:

[hisownpetard]

11. Keith Olbermann - single-handedly restoring the Enlish language to its former heights!

KO rules!

[swimmernsecretsea]

12. Sometimes you win.

Thanks Keith. You are my hero.