Thursday Cable Ratings: CNN’s Blitzer Beats The Five in Demo

During the 5 p.m. hour Thursday afternoon, CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer was the highest rated show in its time slot with 232K viewers in the 25-54 demo, beating Fox News’ The Five, which had 193K. MSNBC’s The Ed Show came in third with just 66K viewers in the demo.

However, in total viewers, Wolf Blitzer was #3 with 608K behind The Five’s 1.603M and Ed Schultz’s 641K.

Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  150	New Day  147	Morning Joe  83
5 pm	The Five  193	Blitzer  232	Schultz  66
6 pm	Baier  199	Blitzer  185	Sharpton  78
7 pm	Van Susteren  236	Burnett  197	Matthews  96
8 pm	O’Reilly  245	Cooper  194	Hayes  119
9 pm	Kelly  284	Special  242	Maddow  156
10 pm	Hannity  191	Tonight  171	O’Donnell  117
11 pm	O’Reilly  219	Cooper  190	Hayes  93
PRIME TIME	240	202	132
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  872	New Day  345	Morning Joe  390
5 pm	The Five  1.603	Blitzer  608	Schultz  641
6 pm	Baier  1.564	Blitzer  514	Sharpton  520
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.424	Burnett  556	Matthews  712
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.232	Cooper  612	Hayes  700
9 pm	Kelly  2.103	Special  770	Maddow  916
10 pm	Hannity  1.269	Tonight  490	O’Donnell  655
11 pm	O’Reilly  893	Cooper  532	Hayes  397
PRIME TIME	1.871	624	758
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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