Thursday Cable Ratings: Erin Burnett #1 in Demo and Total on CNN

Erin Burnett had the highest rated show across CNN’s schedule on Thursday, in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. In the demo, Erin Burnett OutFront beat MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews 239K to 143K and came close to beating Fox News’ On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, which had 274K.
In total viewers, Burnett’s show also came in second place at 7 p.m. with 656K, compared to 2.148M for Greta Van Susteren and 623K for Chris Matthews.
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
273 |
New Day
95 |
Morning Joe
73 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
360 |
Blitzer
111 |
Schultz
87 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
327 |
Blitzer
155 |
Sharpton
103 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
274 |
Burnett
239 |
Matthews
143 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
537 |
Cooper
173 |
Hayes
104 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
431 |
Spurlock
186 |
Maddow
143 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
313 |
Tonight
153 |
O’Donnell
126 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
272 |
Cooper
112 |
Hayes
86 |
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| PRIME TIME | 428 | 171 | 125 | |
| 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
999 |
New Day
358 |
Morning Joe
304 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.177 |
Blitzer
555 |
Schultz
456 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
2.158 |
Blitzer
515 |
Sharpton
406 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
2.148 |
Burnett
656 |
Matthews
623 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.252 |
Cooper
604 |
Hayes
513 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
2.626 |
Spurlock
536 |
Maddow
768 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
1.532 |
Tonight
408 |
O’Donnell
555 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.005 |
Cooper
389 |
Hayes
238 |
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| PRIME TIME | 2.472 | 516 | 612 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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