Thursday Ratings: Chris Matthews Beats Rest Of MSNBC In The Demo

On Thursday evening, the 7 p.m. ET airing of MSNBC’s Chris Matthews beat the rest of his MSNBC colleagues in the key 25-54 demo.

Racking up 250k demo viewers, Matthews’ Hardball narrowly beat out next-best MSNBCer Rachel Maddow, who had 246k in the demo.

In total viewership, however, Matthews came in third among MSNBC shows, behind Maddow and Ed Schultz.

Over at CNN, Piers Morgan defeated the rest of his network’s lineup in both total and demo viewers.

Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  339	Blitzer  131	Matthews  163	Express  59
6 pm	Baier  332	Blitzer  171	Sharpton  203	Express  85
7 pm	Shep  366	Burnett  150	Matthews  250	Velez-Mitchell  120
8 pm	O’Reilly  462	Cooper  188	Schultz  210	Grace  140
9 pm	Hannity  425	Morgan  205	Maddow  246	WWYD  121
10 pm	Van Susteren  346	Cooper  141	O’Donnell  215	WWYD  158
11 pm	O’Reilly  285	Burnett  134	Schultz  126	Grace  78
TOTAL DAY	248	117	146	77
PRIME TIME	411	178	224	139
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  2.054	Blitzer  410	Matthews  896	Express  216
6 pm	Baier  2.120	Blitzer  399	Sharpton  814	Express  296
7 pm	Smith  1.769	Burnett  420	Matthews  817	Velez-Mitchell  455
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.926	Cooper  539	Schultz  940	Grace  500
9 pm	Hannity  2.059	Morgan  693	Maddow  975	WWYD  313
10 pm	Greta  1.450	Cooper  475	O’Donnell  836	WWYD  342
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.083	Burnett  345	Schultz  411	Showbiz  196
TOTAL DAY	1.212	362	489	220
PRIME TIME	2.149	569	918	385
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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