And they say Conservatism doesn't pay!

 
On May 2, 2007, Fox News' O'Reilly Factor came within a whisker of beating CNN, MSNBC, and Headline News -- combined. That night's Nielsen ratings demonstrate that O'Reilly is beating the mainstream cable media like a rented mule. And that's just a euphemism, so don't sic PETA on me.

	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	Gibson:	Hume:	Shep:	O'Reilly:	H&C:	Greta:	O'Reilly:
	211	250	271	602	357	360	360
CNN	Blitzer:	Dobbs:	Blitzer:	Zahn:	King:	Cooper:	Cooper:
	164	260	223	225	282	287	143
MSNBC	Hardball:	Tucker:	Hardball:	Countdo.:	Scarbo.:	Special:	Special:
	101	82	113	201	121	188	139
HLN	HLN:	Prime:	Beck:	Grace:	Beck:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	90/48	99	96	200	147	130	152

Memo to the New York Times' shareholders: finally getting the hint?

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. Hat tip: Mediabistro