Bush Interview a Ratings Flop

[babylonsister]

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November 09, 2010

Bush Interview a Ratings Flop


According to TV by the Numbers, former President George W. Bush's much-hyped interview on NBC with Matt Lauer finished dead last in the television ratings.

Meanwhile, a new Gallup poll shows Bush's approval rate at just 44%, up only slightly from the 40% approval rate he had leaving office in January 2009.

[rfranklin]

1. That 4% increase is disturbing...

what the hell is wrong with people?

[pacalo]

6. That number is due to all the comedians who long for easy comedy material.

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. That's very true.

Wanda Sykes is gonna send him a fruit basket, like she sent to Dick Cheney when he shot his friend in the face.

[BurtWorm]

12. Absense makes the polls grow fonder

[lsewpershad]

41. WTF

This buffoon does not even deserve 0%

[name not needed]

42. A recent poll suggested 44% of people would vote for Palin if she ran in 2012.

Clearly, 44% of the population is too stupid to live.

[Vincardog]

2. Gallup must be polling HEAVILY among the Dead and Death Supporters

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. If Gallup is doing the poll it must be four point below, not over 40.

[murielm99]

3. So what did they watch instead?

Dancing with the Stars? That is the only thing I know that was opposite the interview. I find it very stupid. Is the Palin girl still on that show?

[Diamonique]

7. I watched HGTV.

Design shows and house hunting shows. Much more interesting than watching * lie lie lie.

[pinboy3niner]

17. House, How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement...

Broadcast primetime ratings for Monday, November 8, 2010:
Time Net Show 18-49 Rating 18-49 Share Viewers Live+SD (million)

8:00 FOX HOUSE 3.5 9 9.385
CBS How I Met Your Mother 3.5 9 9.079
ABC Dancing with the Stars 3.4 9 17.902
NBC MATT LAUER REPORTS 1.7 5 7.168
CW 90210 0.9 2 1.947

8:30 ABC Dancing with the Stars 4.0 10 19.850
FOX HOUSE 3.9 10 9.919
CBS Rules of Engagement 3.1 8 8.642
NBC MATT LAUER REPORTS 1.8 4 6.902
CW 90210 0.8 2 1.750


http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/09/tv-ratings-monday-the-event-chase-keep-falling-house-lie-to-me-rise-george-w-bush-cant-beat-chuck/71293

[Oceansaway]

4. NBC with Matt Lauer, no wonder...nt

[opihimoimoi]

5. I always thought his numbers were 18% when he got the Nanananaanaaah GOODBYE

[pacalo]

8. Those ratings inflators forget we have the internets to disprove them.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. 44%???!! There is a frighteningly high number of ignorant people in this country. nt

[Gin]

15. nobody asked me what I think of that thug.....can't believe Oprah

would have him on....that's not a big win for her...it's a disgrace

[pacalo]

20. Don't tell anyone, but she's going to have pea-shooters taped under each seat in the audience.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. It's all part of Commander Bunnypants' image "rehabilitation". Can't say I've ever watched that show

but my understanding is that she humiliated some author for making shit up for his autobiography or something. I don't expect the nation's # 1 liar will get similar treatment.

[SidDithers]

13. K&R...nt

Sid

[GSLevel9]

14. lol... so his AR is within 4% of Obama's AR?

that just show show polarized this nation is...

[Cirque du So-What]

16. In honor of his fabulous Chimpolini interview...

[beac]

27. Perfect!

Lauer is almost as big a turd as Bush, so it's nice to see them get a twin serving of FAIL. :rofl:

[prodigals0n]

18. That son-of-a-bitch, Bush, belongs in JAIL

When they broadcast his disgraceful ass being led in shackles into the jail cell where he belongs I'm sure they'll get top ratings.

[bdamomma]

35. to see bush in orange the ratings would hit the roof!!!

[prodigals0n]

36. Unfortunately, in this strange new world I find myself in

Both Bush and Cheney will more likely have airports named in their honor than ever see a day in jail.

America thinks a war criminal can still lead an exceptional nation.

I also have a real problem with our own current administration and Attorney General Holder in particular for failing to properly address these issues. When the new congress is seated they'll likely wish they had done what justice demanded, what the majority of Americans wanted, and what they were elected to do:

"Hundreds of Investigations of Obama Administration on the Horizon"

"By Elspeth Reeve | November 09, 2010 9:27am"

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Hundreds-of-Investigations-of-Obama-Administration-on-the-Horizon-5710

"Rep. Darrell Issa can barely conceal his excitement at the thought of the hundreds of investigations into the Obama administration he'll oversee as the new chair of the House oversight committee. Issa wants his seven subcommittees to work at a pace of one or two hearings a week--meaning "seven hearings a week, times 40 weeks," the congressman told Politico's Jake Sherman and Richard E. Cohen.
It's a rate almost triple that of Rep. Henry Waxman when the Democrat was digging into the Bush administration. (Waxman held 203 hearings over two years, Issa is gunning for 280 in the next year.) "As Clint Eastwood says, a man needs to know his limitations," Issa said. The California Republican says his committee's job is to "measure failures," though "oversight should be done with a balance for the American people and not as a gotcha." Issa's already called Vice President Joe Biden about oversight of the stimulus. (Whether any of these potential mini-scandals will become fodder for impeachment of the president remains hotly debated.)"

More at the link.

It's still not too late. I hope President Obama and Attorney General Holder face reality and respond appropriately but I see no indication thus far they are willing or perhaps even capable of effective response against the Republicans. So far it's been like a Mr. Rogers episode, which is a really great neighborhood if you can find it but I'm certain it isn't in Washington, DC.

[rhett o rick]

19. k & r

[devilgrrl]

21. No one watched because they already know that he's lying AGAIN!

Why waste the time?

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. There was an interview?

[Karenina]

29. Yes and it's long since gone global.

"Some say" it's a public admission of war crimes.

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. It is

I could go into the details... Expansive War is the first term of the indictment of Nuremberg...

Don't expect this to happen though.. and now the current leaders are COMPLICIT in this.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. It is

I could go into the details... Expansive War is the first term of the indictment of Nuremberg...

Don't expect this to happen though.. and now the current leaders are COMPLICIT in this.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

24. I hope his numbers are as low or lower while he's on Operah.

[tanyev]

25. Just like his presidency.

Apropos.

[tsparker78]

26. No big surprise here

I can't imagine why.

[alp227]

28. So? "Chuck" is usually last place too but with fewer viewers

See: November 8 vs. November 2 TV ratings. Last Monday's Chuck got 5 million viewers; the Bush interview got 7 million. Apparently Bush didn't have as much ratings booster power as something, say Dancing with the Stars. Hell, last night's House got higher ratings than last week's Game 5 of the World Series (GO GIANTS!)

[NICO9000]

30. I was too busy downloading porn to watch

:evilgrin:

Nah, just kidding. Watched "House" as I do every Monday at 8:00. I wouldn't sully my TV screen with the twin douche bags of Lauer and Dumbya.

Randi Rhodes did a great show today about this "interview," playing lots of clips which proved yet again what a fucking sociopath this entitled little prick is and always has been. According to the clips I heard, water-boarding was OK with him; invading Iraq on false pretenses - also OK. But Kanye West saying he don't care for the colored folk too much - not OK at all! Why, he was disgusted at the mere suggestion of such an idea!

[bdamomma]

33. oh crap the media is obsessed with bush, now Chris Matthews

is talking about him now I muted it, who wants to listen to that criminal bush, he put the country in a hole.

[victoryparty]

34. I got in my Bush quota...

...when I saw him and Daddy Bush at the World Series.

I was glad to see the Giants win that game with a shutout.

[ladywnch]

37. DAMN! now I feel like I'm just another one of the masses

I didn't watch it either..

[jimlup]

38. What the fuck is wrong with people?

Shouldn't anyone who sets eyes on this criminal demand his arrest right then and there? :puke:

[spanone]

39. america knows a phony loser when it spends eight years with one

[struggle4progress]

40. Remind me again: who is he?