Anyone else remember this gem from early August, when news broke that Megyn Kelly would be taking on Fox News’ 9 p.m. time slot opposite “Piers Morgan Tonight” on CNN?
Bring it on @megynkelly > http://t.co/etJa291sUk
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 8, 2013
These folks did.
He meant viewers. Bring him viewers. Please. RT @AceofSpadesHQ: "Bring It." — @piersmorgan, Ratings Masochist@megynkelly @Yhuling08
— David (@AngryDingo) October 4, 2013
.@piersmorgan so @megynkelly #BroughtIt, huh? are you going to send her a Thank You For Bringing It fruit basket? https://t.co/Mj4IHHFmBf
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/VotingFemale/status/387736510335696896
Kelly did indeed bring it on, handily trouncing Morgan in total viewers with her debut on “The Kelly File.” According to Variety, Kelly’s premiere attracted 2.1 million viewers to Morgan’s 530,000 — beating the host by nearly a factor of four.
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Right out of the box Megyn Kelly's virgin venture into prime time pummels CNN, MSNBC in ratings. http://t.co/7QyJe5I52J
— Marty Davis (@MartyDavis) October 8, 2013
Sorry, haters!
Fox's @megynkelly Blows Out The Competition On The First Night Of Her New Showhttp://t.co/HC27qtxGKN via @bi_politics— johnny dollar (@johnnydollar01) October 8, 2013
Greta van Susteren might have had Donald Trump as a guest, but Kelly had her own trump card.
https://twitter.com/JamesYontrofsky/status/387430597817147392
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