Thursday Ratings: MSNBC Comes In Last Place In Demo And Total Viewers, Total Day And Prime Time

On the fourth of the George Zimmerman murder trial Thursday, MSNBC came in fourth place in the 25-54 demo and total viewers for both the total day and prime time segments. In the demo MSNBC had 133K total day and 189K prime time viewers. In total viewers, MSNBC had 447K total day and 707K prime time.
HLN was #1 in the demo with 279K total day and 352K prime time. Fox News was #1 in total viewers with 1.256M total day and 1.747M prime time.
Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
282 |
Blitzer
148 |
Matthews
146 |
Express
389 |
| 6 pm | Baier
304 |
Blitzer
197 |
Sharpton
208 |
Express
372 |
| 7 pm | Smith
219 |
Burnett
180 |
Matthews
137 |
Velez-Mitchell
424 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
321 |
Cooper
239 |
Hayes
165 |
Grace
448 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
281 |
Morgan
164 |
Maddow
226 |
Dr. Drew
336 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
312 |
Cooper
225 |
O’Donnell
175 |
After Dark
271 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
278 |
Cooper
153 |
Hayes
93 |
Grace
276 |
| TOTAL DAY | 245 | 166 | 133 | 279 |
| PRIME TIME | 305 | 209 | 189 | 352 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
1.768 |
Blitzer
565 |
Matthews
589 |
Express
1.020 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.732 |
Blitzer
519 |
Sharpton
646 |
Express
1.022 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.386 |
Burnett
499 |
Matthews
557 |
Velez-Mitchell
1.029 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
1.999 |
Cooper
761 |
Hayes
661 |
Grace
1.070 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1.667 |
Morgan
656 |
Maddow
776 |
Dr. Drew
801 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1.572 |
Cooper
720 |
O’Donnell
683 |
After Dark
627 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.051 |
Cooper
589 |
Hayes
369 |
Grace
549 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.256 | 546 | 447 | 754 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.747 | 712 | 707 | 832 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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