Thursday Cable News Ratings: Fox’s Bret Baier Beats CNN, MSNBC, HLN Combined at 6pm

During the 6pm hour Thursday night, Fox News’ Bret Baier had better ratings in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers than his competition on CNN, MSNBC, and HLN combined. In the demo, Baier’s Special Report had 397K viewers, while CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was #2 with 140K. In total viewers, Baier had 1.943M while MSNBC’s Al Sharpton was #2 with 553K.

Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  258	New Day  94	Morning Joe  139	Express  141
5 pm	The Five  394	Blitzer  140	Schultz  110	Express  38
6 pm	Baier  397	Blitzer  149	Sharpton  116	Express  58
7 pm	Smith  353	Burnett  138	Matthews  154	Velez-Mitchell  83
8 pm	O’Reilly  478	Cooper  213	Hayes  183	Grace  115
9 pm	Hannity  332	Morgan  90	Maddow  177	Dr. Drew  130
10 pm	Van Susteren  314	Cooper  149	O’Donnell  152	After Dark  66
11 pm	O’Reilly  301	Burnett  104	Hayes  97	Showbiz  57
PRIME TIME	375	150	171	104
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.141	New Day  311	Morning Joe  442	Express  272
5 pm	The Five  2.100	Blitzer  568	Schultz  470	Express  184
6 pm	Baier  1.943	Blitzer  513	Sharpton  553	Express  190
7 pm	Smith  1.721	Burnett  506	Matthews  720	Velez-Mitchell  228
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.923	Cooper  668	Hayes  733	Grace  350
9 pm	Hannity  1.895	Morgan  408	Maddow  731	Dr. Drew  335
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.527	Cooper  390	O’Donnell  559	After Dark  158
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.213	Burnett  288	Hayes  358	Showbiz  166
PRIME TIME	2.122	489	675	281
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

*Please note that the daily ratings report now contains figures for the 6-9am morning shows.