Howard has only won ONE rating period in the eight plus years he has been in the rochester market. He gets wiped up by a local DJ, whom to quote Howard when he came to town, "the guy can't even make a kid right" this was referreing to the DJs daughter who is mentally challenged.
Howard (the coward) has since come to realize that the local DJ can mop the floor with him. This is without Howard's best material (which is WAY WRONG for Disney), talking to stippers and getting to take off thier clothes so he can talk about thier body parts. REAL CLASS THERE!! just what Disney needs for thier family friendly image.
And remember number one show on E! doesn't exactly mean much. the top cable show in the cable ratings has around 4.13 million viewers, and that would put it around 93 on regualr ratings. and E! is not even in the top ten cable networks, so even if I could find a listing of more than the top 15 shows on cable, (I can find the top 15 shows but I don't see Howard in those 15), I doubt the number of people watching him would be very large.
So from these numbers, it seems STUPID to bring in a classless distaseful hack who can't promote his own show and has to attack the innocent children of his competitors. He can't even handle people talking about him or his show, if it was so good it would stand up to criticism, but any show on a CBS station is not allowed to mention Howard, because Howie can't stand the heat in the kitchen.
Mike