Thursday Cable Ratings: MSNBC’s Matthews in Last Place in Demo at 7PM

During the 7 p.m. ET hour Thursday night, MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews came in last place in the 25-54 demo, behind Fox News, CNN and HLN. Fox’s On the Record with Greta Van Susteren was #1 with 286K viewers, followed by HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell with 95K and CNN’s Erin Burnett Out Front with 94K. Chris Matthews came in fourth with just 83K viewers.
In total viewers, Matthews did a bit better, coming in second place with 678K, ahead of Erin Burnett’s 383K, but behind Greta Van Susteren’s 1.668M.
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
203 |
New Day
114 |
Morning Joe
99 |
Express
98 |
| 5 pm | The Five
259 |
Blitzer
108 |
Schultz
164 |
Detective
24 |
| 6 pm | Baier
305 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
130/111 |
Sharpton
106 |
Detective
52 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
286 |
Burnett
94 |
Matthews
83 |
Velez-Mitchell
95 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
367 |
Cooper
86 |
Hayes
118 |
Grace
145 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
320 |
Smerconish
85 |
Maddow
144 |
Dr. Drew
76 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
332 |
Knox Special
139 |
O’Donnell
77 |
Files
95 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
278 |
Cooper
104 |
Hayes
58 |
Files
115 |
| PRIME TIME | 341 | 103 | 113 | 106 |
| 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
985 |
New Day
402 |
Morning Joe
388 |
Express
234 |
| 5 pm | The Five
1.791 |
Blitzer
544 |
Schultz
580 |
Detective
84 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.803 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
438/286 |
Sharpton
522 |
Detective
123 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.668 |
Burnett
383 |
Matthews
678 |
Velez-Mitchell
192 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.758 |
Cooper
375 |
Hayes
557 |
Grace
353 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
2.236 |
Smerconish
357 |
Maddow
763 |
Dr. Drew
225 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.697 |
Knox Special
447 |
O’Donnell
485 |
Files
253 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.296 |
Cooper
296 |
Hayes
258 |
Files
354 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.236 | 393 | 605 | 277 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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