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) | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| 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 | ||||