Thursday Ratings: Bret Baier Highest In Demo For Fox, Outpacing MSNBC And CNN By More Than Double

Thursday night, Special Report With Bret Baier was #1 in the 25-54 demo across all Fox News shows with 408K viewers, more than doubling MSNBC and CNN across all shows. For MSNBC, The Rachel Maddow Show at 9pm came in first with 229K. And for CNN, Anderson Cooper‘s 8pm broadcast was #1 with 161K.
Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
384 |
Blitzer
103 |
Matthews
77 |
Express
432 |
| 6 pm | Baier
408 |
Blitzer
90 |
Sharpton
106 |
Express
409 |
| 7 pm | Smith
302 |
Burnett
100 |
Matthews
138 |
Velez-Mitchell
369 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
335 |
Cooper
161 |
Hayes
155 |
Grace
273 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
327 |
Morgan
123 |
Maddow
229 |
Dr. Drew
284 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
273 |
Cooper
155 |
O’Donnell
112 |
After Dark
261 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
405 |
Burnett
100 |
Hayes
78 |
Grace
255 |
| TOTAL DAY | 305 | 124 | 96 | 263 |
| PRIME TIME | 312 | 146 | 165 | 273 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.440 |
Blitzer
452 |
Matthews
596 |
Express
1.504 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.306 |
Blitzer
475 |
Sharpton
574 |
Express
1.301 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.919 |
Burnett
488 |
Matthews
536 |
Velez-Mitchell
931 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.137 |
Cooper
609 |
Hayes
494 |
Grace
877 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2.385 |
Morgan
513 |
Maddow
719 |
Dr. Drew
934 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1.863 |
Cooper
443 |
O’Donnell
547 |
After Dark
780 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.633 |
Burnett
248 |
Hayes
261 |
Grace
690 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.720 | 413 | 371 | 847 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.468 | 522 | 587 | 864 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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