Mad Money, in its first two years on the cable station, was one of CNBCs biggest hits. It was the only reason folks tuned in after market hours - so much so that the brass scheduled it three times a day.
Cramer got so much ink from his success that, he wrote recently, people started to hate him for it. In fact, Cramer wrote in the June 4 issue of New York magazine, for every person who likes what I do, there are a dozen who hate me for it.