The Rachel Maddow Show did have an amazing week as far as viewership is concerned and I wanted to comment on that. It would be a noteworthy event under any circumstances, but it also fits neatly into one of my posts from about six weeks ago.
I was commenting on how, although Cable News Shows are taken pretty seriously, the audience numbers are relatively puny. On average, compared to the nightly network news broadcasts, in particular, that is.
And then, this! Rachel just had this gonzo week where the show was--not the most watched cable news show--but the most watched show on television, period!
Yeah, this puppy was impressed!
I've watched Rachel, literally, since the night she signed on. I haven't caught every show, obviously, and I don't get them all these days, as TRMS is not in my bare-bones cable package.
But it's a remarkable achievement and a tribute to just how good she is at what she does. How good, how thorough, how insightful and persistent.
If you tune in too, you know exactly what I mean. Hers is a unique voice. It may seem cliché, but there is no one on the news scene like Rachel Maddow.
And it's a very good thing that now there are stats that show, convincingly, just how good she is.
"Bulldog Ben" Basile
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