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MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann disappeared from the airwaves after its Jan. 21 installment, so naturally, it disappeared from the rankings of top cable-news-show Web sites for the week ending Jan. 29 from Experian Hitwise. After topping the list the previous week, Countdown‘s cancellation left the door open for Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor to seize first place in the category, followed by two offerings from MSNBC: The Rachel Maddow Show, and The Last Word, with the latter representing Countdown‘s replacement.

The top two late-night talk-show Web sites were unchanged from the previous week — Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report — but ironically, NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno bumped TBS’ Conan out of the No. 3 spot.

Morning-talk-show sites were unchanged yet again: NBC’s Today, ABC’s Good Morning America, and CBS’ The Early Show.

The top three broadcast-network sites also remained constant: CBS, ABC, and NBC. The same story applied to the top three broadcast-show sites: Fox’s American Idol, CBS’ NCIS, and ABC’s The Bachelor. Fast risers on the broadcast list were ABC’s Castle (to No. 14 from No. 27), NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are (21 from 80), and The CW’s Supernatural (24 from 53).

MTV’s Jersey Shore continued its rein as a blast in a glass atop the list of cable-show sites, and Comedy’s South Park held onto second place, but BET’s The Game was not game enough to remain in the top three, replaced by ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars. Fast risers were FX’s Archer (13 from 114) and The Last Word (23 from 108).

When combining broadcast and cable networks, the top three shows were unchanged from the week ending Jan. 22: Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants, Jersey Shore, and South Park. Fast risers were CBS’ Hawaii Five-O and MTV’s Skins (25 from 35).

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The top three cable-news-show Web sites for the week ending Jan. 22 were unchanged from the previous week, according to data from Experian Hitwise, but the abrupt cancellation of the No. 1 show on the list will likely alter the landscape in the weeks to come. The now-erstwhile Countdown with Keith Olbermann from MSNBC topped the list, followed by Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor, and MSNBC Live.

The list of late-night talk shows was unchanged from the week ending Jan. 15: Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with John Stewart and The Colbert Report, and TBS’ Conan. Morning talk shows remained the same, as well: NBC’s Today, ABC’s Good Morning America, and CBS’ The Early Show.

Continuing the theme of the week, the top three broadcast-network Web sites were the same as the prior week: CBS, ABC, and NBC. Fox’s American Idol sang its way to the top of the list of broadcast-network-show sites, with CBS’ NCIS claiming second place, and the No. 3 spot going to ABC’s The Bachelor. There were no fast risers on the broadcast list.

MTV’s Jersey Shore was no grenade, holding on to the top spot on the cable-show list, while the second- and third-place shows flip-flopped their positions from the previous week, with Comedy’s South Park overtaking BET’s The Game. Fast risers were Syfy’s Being Human (to No. 10 from No. 26), MTV’s Skins (15 from 79), USA Network’s Fairly Legal (20 from 52), and History’s Pawn Stars (24 from 26).

When combining broadcast and cable networks, the top two shows were the same as the week ending Jan. 15: Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants and Jersey Shore. South Park slipped into third place. Fast risers were American Idol (5 from 31), Countdown (18 from 35), Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (19 from 33), and Being Human (21 from 68).

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Fans of Keith Olbermann lamenting the fact that his last installment of Countdown with Keith Olbermann aired on MSNBC just days before President Barack Obama‘s State of the Union address can still hear what the controversial talk-show host has to say about the speech, via Twitter.

Olbermann announced via Tweet that he would live-Tweet the State of the Union, following that up by announcing the creation of another Twitter feed, FOKNewsChannel, with a Tweet that read, “Greetings! FOKNewsChannel is on the air. Well, on Twitter. Well, it’ll be on as soon as we pay the electric bill #FOK”

Keith Olbermann‘s self-imposed suspension from Tweeting lasted about as long as his MSNBC-imposed suspension from hosting Countdown with Keith Olbermann, as the talk-show host returned to Twitter with this Tweet Sunday:

And we’re back. Tweeting will resume tomorrow. Good night and… etc. (Avatar dates to 1971 at Yankee Stadium).

At the time of this post, Olbermann had Tweeted twice more, including this promise to go into more details about the controversy that drove him to temporarily quit the microblogging service in the first place:

FYI there will be a tweet (and some retweets) later today about the #mooreandme spectacle

Olbermann reacted to extensive criticism via the microblogging service over hosting filmmaker Michael Moore on Countdown, during which Moore said the controversy over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was overblown, and for retweeting a link from Bianca Jagger that dismissed the charges against Assange and possibly revealed the identities of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct.

Keith Olbermann is suspended again, but this time it’s from Twitter, not MSNBC, and this one was self-imposed.

According to The Huffington Post, Olbermann reacted to extensive criticism via the microblogging service over hosting filmmaker Michael Moore on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, during which Moore said the controversy over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was overblown, and for retweeting a link from Bianca Jagger that dismissed the charges against Assange and possibly revealed the identities of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct.

Olbermann’s “final” Tweets, for now:

Approximately 3 p.m. ET:: I’ve discovered that I am accused of being a rape apologist in part because I didn’t remove the quotes from the word rape in a retweet

Minutes later: I’ll thus unblock all blocks, wish you all a Merry Christmas and I’ll suspend this account until/if this frenzy is stopped.

Fresh off the suspension of its host, which ended up lasting for two installments, MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann was the top-ranked cable-news show for the week ending Nov. 13, according to Experian Hitwise. It was followed by Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor and MSNBC Live.

Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart claimed the late-night talk-show crown, followed by two offerings from TBS: Lopez Tonight at No. 2 and Conan at No. 3.

The top three broadcast-network sites were CBS, ABC, and The CW. ABC’s Dancing with the Stars waltzed to the No. 1 position on the list of broadcast-show sites, trailed by Fox’s Glee and CBS’ NCIS. CBS’ CSI:NY was the one broadcast fast-riser (to No. 11 from No. 17).

Comedy’s South Park was the top-ranked cable-show site, followed by Oxygen’s Bad Girls Club and MTV’s 16 and Pregnant. Fast risers were Lopez Tonight (5 from 34), TLC’s Sarah Palin’s Alaska (11 from 66), and National Geographic Channel’s Great Migrations (24 from 62).

When combining broadcast and cable, Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants topped the charts, followed by South Park and Dancing with the Stars. Fast risers were Bad Girls Club (8 from 19), Lopez Tonight (18 from 101), and Countdown (23 from 42).

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