Three Cheers for The Five

Three cheers for The Five !  I confess I've yet to sit through an entire program but apparently these people are doing something right. It was hastily put together to fill a programming gap, using only existing personalities but last week The Five beat all comers in the key 25 to 54 demo including arrogant Bill O'Reilly.

                       Fox               CNN          MSNBC   HLN

5 pm	The5 515	Blitzer 115	Matthews 130	Express 68
6 pm	Baier 460	King, USA 117	Sharpton 147	Express 99
7 pm	Smith 329	Burnett 133	Matthews 132	Velez-Mitchell 115
8 pm	O’Reilly 501	Cooper 133	Schultz 186	Grace 140
9 pm	Hannity 373	Morgan 93	Maddow 286	Dr. Drew 52
10 pm	Van Susteren 326	Cooper 157	O’Donnell 236	Grace 69
11 pm	O’Reilly 324	Burnett 96	Schultz 188	Showbiz 78
TOTAL DAY	312	112	131	106
PRIME TIME	400	127	236	87