Thursday Cable Ratings: Chris Matthews #1 on MSNBC in Demo

On Thursday night, Hardball with Chris Matthews was the highest rated show in the 25-54 demo across MSNBC’s schedule with 254K viewers. Chris Matthews came within 2K of beating Fox’s On The Record with Greta Van Susteren, which had 256K in the demo.

In total viewers, The Rachel Maddow Show was MSNBC’s highest rated program with 906K. Matthews was second with 786K, followed by The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, which had 769K.

Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  231	New Day  99	Morning Joe  120	Express  117
5 pm	The Five  347	Blitzer  189	Schultz  115	Files  48
6 pm	Baier  304	Blitzer  171	Sharpton  166	Files  34
7 pm	Van Susteren  256	Burnett  212	Matthews  254	Velez-Mitchell  87
8 pm	O’Reilly  413	Cooper  196	Hayes  200	Grace  110
9 pm	Kelly  314	Smerconish  187	Maddow  249	Dr. Drew  76
10 pm	Hannity  316	Chicagoland  146	O’Donnell  188	Files  122
11 pm	O’Reilly  237	Lemon  119	Hayes  81	Files  178
PRIME TIME	349	176	213	103
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.023	New Day  323	Morning Joe  361	Express  234
5 pm	The Five  1.769	Blitzer  609	Schultz  610	Files  174
6 pm	Baier  1.747	Blitzer  528	Sharpton  555	Files  142
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.600	Burnett  599	Matthews  786	Velez-Mitchell  196
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.743	Cooper  671	Hayes  685	Grace  277
9 pm	Kelly  1.710	Smerconish  641	Maddow  906	Dr. Drew  213
10 pm	Hannity  1.244	Chicagoland  416	O’Donnell  769	Files  333
11 pm	O’Reilly  981	Lemon  396	Hayes  377	Files  449
PRIME TIME	1.903	577	787	274
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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