Some headlines from the last two weeks, in case you were on vacation:
- Year end ratings came out and we put together some cool charts to show you the fluctuations in cable news viewership over the past decade: Total Day and Primetime. (Plus: Top 25 programs of 2009.)
- Cable news ratings for the month of December.
- NBC News paid for the charter flight David and Sean Goldman took back to the US.
- Terror scare on board a U.S. airplane on Christmas day, boosting viewership that evening.
- The hero of the incident, Jasper Schuringa, appeared on CNN. The network paid Schuringa for cell phone images. (More.)
- Ratings: Diane Sawyer‘s first week, George Stephanopoulos‘ first week.
- Lauren Sivan left Fox News. Alexis Glick left Fox Business. Martin Fletcher left NBC News. “Dr. Nancy” was canceled. Rick Sanchez gets a new show.
- Kathy Griffin cursed.
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