In the key demo of 25-54 year olds, Morgan (283k) beat out the next-best demo ratings in Anderson Cooper (225k). And in total viewership, Morgan’s 894k outranked Cooper’s 689k total viewers at 10 p.m.
Over at MSNBC, Rachel Maddow beat all her colleagues in both the demo and total viewership. Her 726k viewers in the demo was enough to beat Lawrence O’Donnell‘s 584k in the demo. Additionally, her 1.84M total viewers won the night at MSNBC, beating out the next-best viewership in O’Donnell’s 1.56M.
And then on Fox News, Sean Hannity won the night in demo, while Bill O’Reilly won in total viewers.
Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The5 496 | Blitzer 117 | Matthews 271 | Express 37 |
| 6 pm | Baier 481 | Blitzer 134 | Sharpton 324 | Express 42 |
| 7 pm | Shep 428 | Burnett 176 | Matthews 336 | Velez-Mitchell 35 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 733 | Cooper 225 | Schultz 542 | Grace 100 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 886 | Morgan 283 | Maddow 726 | Dr. Drew 104 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 639 | Cooper 195 | O’Donnell 584 | Grace 42 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 563 | Burnett 130 | Schultz 359 | Showbiz 60 |
| TOTAL DAY | 473 | 142 | 261 | 68 |
| PRIME TIME | 753 | 235 | 588 | 82 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The5 2.242 | Blitzer 412 | Matthews 1.020 | Express 118 |
| 6 pm | Baier 2.567 | Blitzer 393 | Sharpton 1.092 | Express 108 |
| 7 pm | Smith 2.355 | Burnett 472 | Matthews 1.119 | Velez-Mitchell 174 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 3.865 | Cooper 662 | Schultz 1.394 | Grace 353 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 3.729 | Morgan 894 | Maddow 1.839 | DrDrew 268 |
| 10 pm | Greta 2.753 | Cooper 689 | O’Donnell 1.557 | Grace 168 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 1.758 | Burnett 438 | Schultz 911 | Showbiz 192 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.931 | 431 | 803 | 184 |
| PRIME TIME | 3.457 | 748 | 1.582 | 263 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||