Thursday Ratings: CNN Film Blackfish #1 in Demo for All Cable News

On Thursday evening, the two-hour premiere of CNN Films: Blackfish ranked #1 in the key 25-54 demo for all of cable news. Between it’s two hours of airing — 9 p.m. through 11 p.m. — Blackfish averaged 472k in the demo, beating out Fox’s average of 331k and MSNBC’s 235k for those two slots.

Additionally, according to Nielsen, Blackfish won the night in the youngest demo (18-49), averaging 688k between 9-11p, beating Fox’s 216k and MSNBC’s 173k.

Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  275	New Day  62	Morning Joe  142	Express  70
5 pm	The Five  346	Blitzer  163	Schultz  157	Express  57
6 pm	Baier  399	Blitzer/Crossfire  112/152	Sharpton  126	Express  35
7 pm	Van Susteren  278	Burnett  125	Matthews  213	Velez-Mitchell  38
8 pm	O’Reilly  445	Cooper  111	Hayes  158	Grace  44
9 pm	Kelly  335	Blackfish  387	Maddow  280	Dr. Drew  48
10 pm	Hannity  326	Blackfish  557	O’Donnell  190	After Dark  19
11 pm	O’Reilly  364	Cooper/Crossfire  231/154	Hayes  64	Showbiz  33
PRIME TIME	369	357	210	37
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.106	New Day  261	Morning Joe  436	Express  178
5 pm	The Five  2.199	Blitzer  506	Schultz  728	Express  330
6 pm	Baier  2.278	Blitzer/Crossfire  342/457	Sharpton  649	Express  276
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.880	Burnett  350	Matthews  1.135	Velez-Mitchell  223
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.833	Cooper  519	Hayes  798	Grace  257
9 pm	Kelly  2.106	Blackfish  1.274	Maddow  1.021	Dr. Drew  184
10 pm	Hannity  1.677	Blackfish  1.438	O’Donnell  712	After Dark  140
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.232	Cooper/Crossfire  560/376	Hayes  341	Showbiz  156
PRIME TIME	2.211	1.083	844	194
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data