Thursday Cable Ratings: MSNBC’s O’Donnell Last in Primetime Demo

With 74K viewers at 10 p.m., MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell was the only primetime cable news to draw less than 100K viewers in the 25-54 demo Thursday night. In its time slot, the show trailed Fox News’ Hannity (364K) and CNN Tonight (135K).
In total viewers, Lawrence O’Donnell‘s 420K beat CNN Tonight’s 400K, but came in second to Sean Hannity‘s 1.461M.
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
221 |
New Day
108 |
Morning Joe
92 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
387 |
Blitzer
237 |
Schultz
54 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
391 |
Blitzer
188 |
Sharpton
55 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
306 |
Burnett
176 |
Matthews
115 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
497 |
Cooper
187 |
Hayes
119 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
459 |
Cooper
144 |
Maddow
113 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
364 |
Tonight
135 |
O’Donnell
74 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
333 |
Cooper
137 |
Hayes
63 |
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| PRIME TIME | 440 | 155 | 103 | |
| 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
1.101 |
New Day
322 |
Morning Joe
359 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.213 |
Blitzer
558 |
Schultz
410 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
2.353 |
Blitzer
419 |
Sharpton
339 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.989 |
Burnett
525 |
Matthews
609 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.122 |
Cooper
576 |
Hayes
511 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
2.401 |
Cooper
528 |
Maddow
651 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
1.461 |
Tonight
400 |
O’Donnell
420 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
999 |
Cooper
306 |
Hayes
300 |
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| PRIME TIME | 2.331 | 502 | 528 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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