"I trusted him. He believed in me tirelessly. He put me front and center with everything. I've never had an executive believe in me as much as he did."
"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."
The Weekend grew 41 percent and 47 percent in total audience (along with 41 percent and 37 percent in adults 25-54) on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Although CNN drew 690,000 in the 2 p.m. hour, it was the only major cable news outlet to grow within the same Friday timeslot compared to its previous five Fridays.
Biden’s Mar. 7 address is the first time a president in the fourth year of his first term has seen State of the Union viewership increase compared to the year prior.
For South Carolina from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24, the three major cable news outlets — Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN — combined to deliver 4.32 million viewers...
All news outlets spiked upon live breaking news coverage with Fox News — already the weekday afternoon leader in cable news — leading in total viewers.
The press conference was not tabulated as a separate telecast by Nielsen on cable, but it was still evident that each of the three major cable news outlets got a sizable boost from the event.
"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."
"What I saw was part circus, part radio festival, and part New England sports fans reunion. I couldn't help but sit there and think about how radio should be taking notes."