Thursday Ratings: Lawrence O’Donnell Beats Greta Van Susteren In Demo

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell had a strong night in ratings on Thursday as he overtook Greta Van Susteren‘s On The Record in demo at 10PM. It was the second time O’Donnell beat Greta, the last being March 15, 2012. O’Donnell led MSNBC with 327,000 demo viewers to Van Susteren’s 309,000. However, Van Susteren easily topped him in total viewers: 1,411,000 to 899,000. Lawrence also beat all shows on MSNBC, CNN and HLN during the 5-11PM block in demo and total viewers.

Over on CNN, Piers Morgan dominated the CNN lineup in both demo and total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  255	Blitzer  70	Matthews  92	Special  50
6 pm	Baier  296	King, USA  45	Sharpton  115	Prime  50
7 pm	Shep  345	Burnett  115	Matthews  111	Velez-Mitchell  94
8 pm	O’Reilly  571	Cooper  122	Schultz  164	Grace  159
9 pm	Hannity  407	Morgan  175	Maddow  232	Dr. Drew  124
10 pm	Van Susteren  309	Cooper  143	O’Donnell  327	Grace  85
11 pm	O’Reilly  355	Burnett  90	Schultz  213	Showbiz  69
TOTAL DAY	288	81	122	81
PRIME TIME	429	147	241	120
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.213	Blitzer  417	Matthews  603	Special  175
6 pm	Baier  1.551	King, USA  275	Sharpton  632	Prime  175
7 pm	Smith  1.584	Burnett  327	Matthews  648	Velez-Mitchell  250
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.713	Cooper  431	Schultz  802	Grace  415
9 pm	Hannity  1.839	Morgan  552	Maddow  774	DrDrew  345
10 pm	Greta  1.411	Cooper  421	O’Donnell  899	Grace  307
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.181	Burnett  235	Schultz  515	Showbiz  248
TOTAL DAY	1.234	318	472	223
PRIME TIME	1.995	468	825	350
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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