Thursday Ratings: Schultz Beats CNN And HLN In Total Viewers And Demo Combined

On Thursday evening, during the 8 p.m. hour, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz beat CNN and HLN’s programming in both combined total viewers and combined demo ratings.

In the key 25-54 demo, Schultz racked up 312k viewers, which is more than the demo viewership of CNN’s Anderson Cooper (133k) and HLN’s Nancy Grace (141k) combined.

In total viewership, Schultz drew 1,192,000 which, again, is more than the total viewership of CNN’s Cooper (684k) and Grace (396k) combined.

Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  477	Blitzer  151	Matthews  238	Express  25
6 pm	Baier  495	Blitzer  105	Sharpton  256	Express   30
7 pm	Shep  458	Burnett  108	Matthews  332	Velez-Mitchell  42
8 pm	O’Reilly  658	Cooper  133	Schultz  312	Grace  141
9 pm	Hannity  632	Morgan  154	Maddow  504	Dr. Drew  152
10 pm	Van Susteren  579	Cooper  161	O’Donnell  446	Grace  115
11 pm	O’Reilly  412	Burnett  161	Schultz  236	Showbiz  83
TOTAL DAY	401	164	236	88
PRIME TIME	623	231	421	136
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  2.302	Blitzer  703	Matthews  1.101	Express   110
6 pm	Baier  2.435	Blitzer  583	Sharpton  966	Express   86
7 pm	Smith  2.079	Burnett  561	Matthews  1.176	Velez-Mitchell  175
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.401	Cooper  684	Schultz  1.192	Grace  396
9 pm	Hannity  2.718	Morgan  651	Maddow  1.510	DrDrew  319
10 pm	Greta  2.409	Cooper  634	O’Donnell  1.464	Grace  182
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.576	Burnett  463	Schultz  605	Showbiz  202
TOTAL DAY	1.808	538	772	189
PRIME TIME	2.850	656	1.389	299
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data