Thursday Cable News Ratings: Fox’s Kelly Beats O’Reilly in Demo Again, As CNN Struggles

With 471K viewers, Fox’s Megyn Kelly had the #1 highest-rated cable news show in the 25-54 demo for the second night in a row Thursday, beating The O’Reilly Factor, which had 438K. Bill O’Reilly beat Kelly in total viewers, 3.574M to 3.041M.

Meanwhile, CNN continued to struggle in the demo, with all primetime shows coming in under 100K. The one bright spot on CNN’s lineup came at 4pm, when The Lead with Jake Tapper beat MSNBC’s Martin Bashir 115K to 76K.

Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  338	Blitzer  83	Schultz  127	Express  33
6 pm	Baier  407	Blitzer/Crossfire  81/79	Sharpton  131	Express  50
7 pm	Van Susteren  357	Burnett  73	Matthews  171	Velez-Mitchell  81
8 pm	O’Reilly  438	Cooper  81	Hayes  144	Grace  61
9 pm	Kelly  471	Morgan  79	Maddow  190	Dr. Drew  63
10 pm	Hannity  356	Cooper  71	O’Donnell  178	After Dark  62
11 pm	O’Reilly  320	Blackfish  80	Hayes  89	Showbiz  46
PRIME TIME	422	77	171	62
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  2.211	Blitzer  476	Schultz  721	Express  225
6 pm	Baier  2.403	Blitzer/Crossfire  369/279	Sharpton  719	Express  217
7 pm	Van Susteren  2.277	Burnett  321	Matthews  1.002	Velez-Mitchell  259
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.574	Cooper  435	Hayes  662	Grace  339
9 pm	Kelly  3.041	Morgan  425	Maddow  941	Dr. Drew  218
10 pm	Hannity  1.842	Cooper  291	O’Donnell  754	After Dark  185
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.298	Blackfish  172	Hayes  286	Showbiz  166
PRIME TIME	2.827	384	787	247
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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