Thursday Ratings: MSNBC’s Sharpton #1 In Demo, Second In Total Viewers

Thursday evening during the 6pm hour, MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton was #1 in the 25-54 demo with with 219K viewers. Fox’s Bret Baier was #2 in the demo with 197K.

In total viewers, Baier’s 1.754M more than doubled Sharpton’s 737K. In both cases, CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer came in third with 112K in the demo and 465K total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  224	Blitzer  82	Matthews  135	Express  40
6 pm	Baier  197	Blitzer  112	Sharpton  219	Express  54
7 pm	Smith  221	Burnett  120	Matthews  202	Velez-Mitchell  62
8 pm	O’Reilly  429	Cooper  219	Hayes  219	Grace  114
9 pm	Hannity  392	Morgan  149	Maddow  203	Dr. Drew  123
10 pm	Van Susteren  283	Cooper  122	O’Donnell  175	After Dark  65
11 pm	O’Reilly  309	Cooper  122	Hayes  101	Showbiz  56
TOTAL DAY	228	117	135	63
PRIME TIME	368	163	199	101
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  1.658	Blitzer  512	Matthews  600	Express  152
6 pm	Baier  1.754	Blitzer  465	Sharpton  737	Express  170
7 pm	Smith  1.643	Burnett  425	Matthews  607	Velez-Mitchell  206
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.988	Cooper  635	Hayes  675	Grace  287
9 pm	Hannity  2.132	Morgan  465	Maddow  733	Dr. Drew  367
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.604	Will & Kate +1  505	O’Donnell  557	After Dark  225
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.127	Cooper  428	Hayes  287	Showbiz  202
TOTAL DAY	1.298	408	421	198
PRIME TIME	2.242	535	655	293
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data