Thursday Ratings: Second Lowest In Prime, But Erin Burnett #1 In Demo For CNN

CNN’s OutFront with Erin Burnett was the highest-rated show in the 25-54 across the network’s evening line-up Thursday night with 121K viewers. Fox’s Shepard Smith was #1 in the 7pm hour with 185K in the demo and 1.420M total viewers. Also, according to Nielsen, CNN delivered its second lowest primetime demo last night with 76,000 viewers and under 400K in P2+. Additionally, CNN’s Piers Morgan Live delivered 71,000 in the key demo, which is one the top ten lowest nights for the year in the demo.

Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  228	Blitzer  82	Matthews  91	Express  73
6 pm	Baier  242	Blitzer  99	Sharpton  93	Express  73
7 pm	Smith  185	Burnett  121	Matthews  93	Velez-Mitchell  90
8 pm	O’Reilly  247	Cooper  76	Hayes  99	Grace  122
9 pm	Hannity  222	Morgan  71	Maddow  150	Dr. Drew  103
10 pm	Van Susteren  176	Cooper  82	O’Donnell  142	After Dark  59
11 pm	O’Reilly  249	Burnett  107	Hayes  108	Showbiz  62
TOTAL DAY	206	102	100	80
PRIME TIME	216	76	131	95
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  1.797	Blitzer  474	Matthews  524	Express  168
6 pm	Baier  1.719	Blitzer  437	Sharpton  496	Express  182
7 pm	Smith  1.420	Burnett  450	Matthews  513	Velez-Mitchell  260
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.061	Cooper  474	Hayes  445	Grace  400
9 pm	Hannity  1.600	Morgan  380	Maddow  574	Dr. Drew  314
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.254	Cooper  322	O’Donnell  580	After Dark  163
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.066	Burnett  343	Hayes  328	Showbiz  170
TOTAL DAY	1.202	370	387	230
PRIME TIME	1.644	392	533	191
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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