Dance, TOADIE, Dance!

Couldn't happen to a lamer weasel:

ABC's "This Week" beat NBC's "Meet the Press" in a clean ratings fight for the first time in a decade, Nielsen Media Research said on Thursday.

It was June 1999 when ABC's show last beat NBC's program in a contest without substitute hosts, sports pre-emptions or presidential visits.

It's an ominous sign for David Gregory, who was called upon to take over NBC's long dominant Sunday morning show following Tim Russert's death from a heart attack last year. While it's only one Sunday in August, "This Week" has been steadily gaining ground since the beginning of the year.

Of course, Gregory's guest was human charisma vacuum Larry Summers. However, Summers was facing two people with even less charisma Tim Geithner and Alan Greenspan.

(via AmericaBlog)