Thursday Cable News Ratings: The Five #2 in Demo, Total for All Cable News

Fox News’ The Five came in second place across all of the cable news Thursday in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. The 5pm show had 310K in the demo and 1.903M total viewers. Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor was #1 in both categories with 367K in the demo and 2.370M total viewers.
Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
233 |
New Day
88 |
Morning Joe
134 |
Express
98 |
| 5 pm | The Five
310 |
Blitzer
126 |
Schultz
114 |
Express
101 |
| 6 pm | Baier
207 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
122/100 |
Sharpton
163 |
Express
63 |
| 7 pm | Smith
194 |
Burnett
102 |
Matthews
155 |
Velez-Mitchell
78 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
367 |
Cooper
122 |
Hayes
123 |
Grace
105 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
251 |
Morgan
129 |
Maddow
244 |
Dr. Drew
118 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
214 |
Cooper
92 |
O’Donnell
175 |
After Dark
108 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
284 |
Burnett
60 |
Hayes
131 |
Showbiz
81 |
| PRIME TIME | 277 | 114 | 181 | 110 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
1.211 |
New Day
235 |
Morning Joe
446 |
Express
206 |
| 5 pm | The Five
1.903 |
Blitzer
426 |
Schultz
590 |
Express
225 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.765 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
493/300 |
Sharpton
687 |
Express
183 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.535 |
Burnett
304 |
Matthews
689 |
Velez-Mitchell
329 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.370 |
Cooper
437 |
Hayes
602 |
Grace
400 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1.612 |
Morgan
518 |
Maddow
871 |
Dr. Drew
329 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1.448 |
Cooper
402 |
O’Donnell
709 |
After Dark
262 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.039 |
Burnett
267 |
Hayes
426 |
Showbiz
225 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.813 | 452 | 727 | 330 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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