Thursday Ratings: Shep Smith #2 Among All Cable News Show In Key Demo

On Thursday night, during the 7 p.m. hour, Fox’s Shepard Smith beat every other network in the demo, and racked up enough 25-54 year old viewers to rank #2 among all cable shows.

Smith’s 293k in the demo during that time slot beat out MSNBC’s Chris Matthews (139k), HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell (120k), and CNN’s Erin Burnett (97k).

That demo score put him second for the night only to Fox colleague Bill O’Reilly, who garnered 391k.

Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  370	Blitzer  90	Matthews  139	Express  109
6 pm	Baier  282	Blitzer  93	Sharpton  157	Express  86
7 pm	Shep  293	Burnett  97	Matthews  139	Velez-Mitchell  120
8 pm	O’Reilly  391	Cooper  107	Schultz  117	Grace  169
9 pm	Hannity  234	Morgan  114	Maddow  247	WWYD  155
10 pm	Van Susteren  242	Cooper  114	O’Donnell  165	AfterDark  150
11 pm	O’Reilly  201	Burnett  127	Schultz  134	Showbiz  139
TOTAL DAY	238	105	131	137
PRIME TIME	289	112	176	158
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.962	Blitzer  430	Matthews  693	Express  410
6 pm	Baier  1.685	Blitzer  354	Sharpton  652	Express  377
7 pm	Smith  1.570	Burnett  368	Matthews  650	Velez-Mitchell  465
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.128	Cooper  359	Schultz  507	Grace  657
9 pm	Hannity  1.663	Morgan  392	Maddow  785	WWYD  613
10 pm	Greta  1.504	Cooper  308	O’Donnell  598	AfterDark  472
11 pm	O’Reilly  971	Burnett  256	Schultz  309	Showbiz  387
TOTAL DAY	1.262	343	437	442
PRIME TIME	1.769	353	630	580
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data