Pity poor Keith as he does his Christmas shopping (hope it IS online!)

The transit workers of New York are on strike.

And you know how Keith would feel about crossing a picket line, even if they hired scabs.

Looks as if he's either going to be investing in a lot of those online gift certificates he keeps plugging, or taking a lot of taxis!

I imagine he will have a thing or two to say about this on Dan Patrick's show. Getting around NY in actual traffic is SO SLOW compared to taking the subway. He just might prefer to walk. It might be faster.

The Scoreboard: Friday, Dec. 16

In the 25-54 demo, Olbermann beats Zahn at 8pm and Cooper beats Greta at 10pm:

8pm: O'Reilly: 315,000 / Zahn: 125,000 / Countdown: 161,000 / Grace: 124,000

9pm: H&C: 242,000 / King: 175,000 / Rita: 126,000 / Prime News: 119,000

10pm: Greta: 156,000 / Cooper: 168,000 / Scarborough: 130,000 / Grace repeat: 187,000

11pm: O'Reilly repeat: 187,000 / Cooper: 106,000 / Situation: 96,000 / Showbiz repeat: 103,000


Total viewers:

Total day: FNC: 901,000 / CNN: 405,000 / MSNBC: 249,000 / HLN: 205,000 / CNBC: 202,000

Primetime: FNC: 1,532,000 / CNN: 709,000 / MSNBC: 311,000 / HLN: 394,000 / CNBC: 243,000

6pm: Hume: 1,521,000 / Dobbs: 512,000 / Abrams: 114,000

7pm: Shep: 1,397,000 / Blitzer: 464,000 / Hardball: 318,000 / Showbiz: 166,000

8pm: O'Reilly: 1,974,000 / Zahn: 530,000 / Countdown: 364,000 / Grace: 540,000

9pm: H&C: 1,344,000 / King: 975,000 / Rita: 273,000 / Prime News: 289,000

10pm: Greta: 1,277,000 / Cooper: 620,000 / Scarborough: 295,000 / Grace repeat: 352,000

11pm: O'Reilly repeat: 938,000 / Cooper: 352,000 / Situation: 193,000 / Showbiz repeat: 176,000