Thursday Ratings: MSNBC’s Schultz Beats Cooper And Grace Combined In Total Viewers And Demo

Thursday evening, during the 8 p.m. hour, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz topped CNN’s Anderson Cooper (with fill-in host) and HLN’s Nancy Grace‘s combined ratings in both total viewership and the key demo.

In the ages 25-54 demo, Schultz registered 281k viewers, which is more than the 239k combined from Cooper (127k) and Grace (112k).

In total viewership, Schultz picked up 938k viewers, topping the combined 883k from Grace (431k) and Cooper (452k).

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  373	Blitzer  96	Matthews  172	Express  88
6 pm	Baier  314	Blitzer  100	Sharpton  165	Express  40
7 pm	Smith  329	Burnett  148	Matthews  209	Velez-Mitchell  73
8 pm	O’Reilly  651	Cooper  127	Schultz  281	Grace  112
9 pm	Hannity  485	Morgan  77	Maddow  370	Dr. Drew  92
10 pm	Van Susteren  410	Cooper  87	O’Donnell  317	Grace  121
11 pm	O’Reilly  355	Burnett  78	Schultz  206	Showbiz  51
TOTAL DAY	328	92	200	93
PRIME TIME	518	97	322	109
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.778	Blitzer  387	Matthews   845	Express  241
6 pm	Baier  1.830	Blitzer   349	Sharpton  837	Express  130
7 pm	Smith  1.680	Burnett  396	Matthews  842	Velez-Mitchell  191
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.346	Cooper  452	Schultz  938	Grace  431
9 pm	Hannity  2.525	Morgan  469	Maddow  1.320	DrDrew  219
10 pm	Van Susteren   2.169	Cooper  330	O’Donnell  1.253	Grace  308
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.435	Burnett  312	Schultz  568	Showbiz  158
TOTAL DAY	1.474	342	642	234
PRIME TIME	2.690	417	1.170	319
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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