38 Million Viewers

More people watched Barack Obama speak last night than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final "American Idol" or the Academy Awards this year. And that number doesn't include viewers who were tuned in on PBS or C-SPAN, whom Nielsen had no numbers on. It also nearly doubled the viewership of John Kerry's acceptance of the Democratic nomination in 2004.

Olbermann Spanks O'Reilly

Yes, kids, it's finally come to pass - after months of quickly creeping up on the Loofa Boy, Olbermann finally spanked him on Friday night in the ever-important 25-54 demographic group:

O'Reilly: 324,000
Olbermann: 365,000

O'Reilly has certainly helped Keith in his quest to overtake him in the ratings. He never let an opportunity pass where he had a chance to poke fun at Olbermann. Thanks to that sort of exposure, people who'd never even heard of Keith tuned in out of curiosity. Apparently large numbers of them liked what they saw and became new fans!



Olbermann summed it up best with his advice to O'Reilly: "When you're in a fight, always punch UP, never punch DOWN".