From the Huffington Post –
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/19/the-white-house-engulfed-_n_688076.html
For the past few weeks, Cenk Uygur has played a pinch-hitter role for MSNBC, guest hosting for anchors and doing panels for daytime programs. Both he and others have described his style as "rants" — the type of opinionated news reporting and analysis that is meant to entertain or infuriate viewers depending on their disposition. It's an approach that has pushed the envelope editorially. But it's also one that the brass seems comfortable with.
"We are getting great ratings," Uygur explained to the Huffington Post.
From the world outside cable news and those who obsess about it –
According to the Nielsen rating service, Mr. Uygur had 607,000 viewers last Tuesday & 650,000 on Wednesday. By way of contrast, the total estimated number of cable TV subscribers in the US is 252 milion! The cable shows Jersey Shore2 with Snooki had 5.5 million viewers and Spongebob had 4.1 million last week.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/med_cab_tv_sub-media-cable-tv-subscribers
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_wednesday_august_18_171261.asp