Thursday Ratings: MSNBC’s Maddow And O’Donnell Beat CNN’s Morgan And Cooper In Demo And Total Viewers

Thursday night, MSNBC beat CNN in the 9 and 10pm time slots in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. At 9pm, MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show had 224K demo viewers and 741K total viewers, while CNN’s Piers Morgan Live had 125K demo viewers and 506K total viewers.
At 10pm, MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell had 225K demo viewers and 807K total viewers, while CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 had 159K demo viewers and 552K total viewers.
Overall, HLN came in #1 in the 9 and 10pm hours in the demo, while Fox News was #1 in total viewers for those hours.
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
354 |
Blitzer
153 |
Matthews
133 |
Express
373 |
| 6 pm | Baier
281 |
Blitzer
160 |
Sharpton
116 |
Express
485 |
| 7 pm | Smith
267 |
Burnett
225 |
Matthews
172 |
Velez-Mitchell
598 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
446 |
Cooper
216 |
Hayes
137 |
Grace
450 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
387 |
Morgan
125 |
Maddow
224 |
Dr. Drew
396 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
312 |
Cooper
159 |
O’Donnell
225 |
After Dark
346 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
398 |
Burnett
127 |
Hayes
120 |
After Dark
309 |
| TOTAL DAY | 284 | 145 | 117 | 307 |
| PRIME TIME | 382 | 167 | 195 | 397 |
| 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
2.253 |
Blitzer
492 |
Matthews
690 |
Express
1.380 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.928 |
Blitzer
380 |
Sharpton
624 |
Express
1.650 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.678 |
Burnett
628 |
Matthews
608 |
Velez-Mitchell
2.025 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.017 |
Cooper
761 |
Hayes
597 |
Grace
1.360 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2.224 |
Morgan
506 |
Maddow
741 |
Dr. Drew
1.078 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1.956 |
Cooper
552 |
O’Donnell
807 |
After Dark
941 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.445 |
Burnett
409 |
Hayes
399 |
After Dark
678 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.543 | 443 | 438 | 945 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.404 | 607 | 715 | 1.126 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||



