Thursday Cable News Ratings: MSNBC’s Matthews Beats Maddow in Demo

Chris Matthews had the highest-rated show in the 25-54 demo on MSNBC Thursday with 213K viewers. He was followed by The Rachel Maddow Show with 194K Al Sharpton’s PoliticsNation with 178K.

Rachel Maddow was #1 in total viewers on the network with 811K. Matthews was second with 803K and Sharpton was third with 741K.

Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  319	New Day  61	Morning Joe  99	Express  129
5 pm	The Five  437	Blitzer  77	Schultz  169	WWYD  31
6 pm	Baier  376	Blitzer/Crossfire  82/57	Sharpton  178	Showbiz  56
7 pm	Van Susteren  417	Burnett  129	Matthews  213	Velez-Mitchell  87
8 pm	O’Reilly  553	Cooper  144	Hayes  160	Grace  113
9 pm	Kelly  548	Sixties  490	Maddow  194	Dr. Drew  101
10 pm	Hannity  426	Sixties  526	O’Donnell  168	After Dark  65
11 pm	O’Reilly  416	Sixties  336	Hayes  99	Showbiz  47
PRIME TIME	509	392	175	93
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.266	New Day  246	Morning Joe  371	Express  221
5 pm	The Five  2.537	Blitzer  499	Schultz  704	WWYD  78
6 pm	Baier  2.531	Blitzer/Crossfire  334/230	Sharpton  741	Showbiz  120
7 pm	Van Susteren  2.149	Burnett  418	Matthews  803	Velez-Mitchell  214
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.336	Cooper  515	Hayes  694	Grace  276
9 pm	Kelly  3.040	Sixties  1.264	Maddow  811	Dr. Drew  231
10 pm	Hannity  1.980	Sixties  1.378	O’Donnell  650	After Dark  147
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.330	Sixties  738	Hayes  298	Showbiz  141
PRIME TIME	2.793	1.057	719	218
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data