Thursday Cable Ratings: Fox News #1 During NYC Ebola Breaking News

As news broke Thursday night that New York City Dr. Craig Spencer tested positive for Ebola, Fox News was the highest-rated cable news network, beating CNN and MSNBC combined in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. The Kelly File at 9 p.m. had 468K viewers in the demo and 2.312M total viewers compared to 249K in the demo and 647K total for CNN and 83K in the demo and 546K total for MSNBC’s breaking coverage.

Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  288	New Day  126	Morning Joe  59	Express  137
5 pm	The Five  281	Blitzer  99	Schultz  119	WWYD  46
6 pm	Baier  267	Blitzer  92	Sharpton  87	WWYD  66
7 pm	Van Susteren  274	Burnett  93	Matthews  111	Velez-Mitchell  66
8 pm	O’Reilly  530	Cooper  173	Hayes  117	Grace  84
9 pm	Kelly  468	Cooper  249	Maddow/Breaking  99/83	Dr. Drew  72
10 pm	Hannity  338	Cooper/Tonight  244/161	Breaking/Hayes  60/54	Files  83
11 pm	Kelly  292	Tonight  133	Maddow  83	Files  141
PRIME TIME	445	208	90	79
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.083	New Day  339	Morning Joe  346	Express  222
5 pm	The Five  1.961	Blitzer  473	Schultz  528	WWYD  87
6 pm	Baier  2.025	Blitzer  392	Sharpton  519	WWYD  145
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.700	Burnett  379	Matthews  755	Velez-Mitchell  208
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.926	Cooper  482	Hayes  546	Grace  314
9 pm	Kelly  2.312	Cooper  647	Maddow/Breaking  521/546	Dr. Drew  265
10 pm	Hannity  1.485	Cooper/Tonight  641/546	Breaking/Hayes  416/346	Files  244
11 pm	Kelly  1.152	Tonight  408	Maddow  214	Files  320
PRIME TIME	2.246	574	483	274
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data