Wednesday Ratings: MSNBC’s July 4th Lockup Marathon Brings In Big Numbers

Most people’s July 4th celebrations didn’t involve watching primetime cable news. And the numbers show it. MSNBC went with a marathon of Lockup, which actually did quite well in the demo. It even beat some Fox News time slots. Namely Shepard Smith and Greta Van Susteren. It fared better over much of CNN and HLN in the demo, as well.

Happy weekend!

Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  204	Blitzer  162	Lockup  122	Express  38
6 pm	Baier  219	King, USA  147	Lockup  190	Express  73
7 pm	Smith  196	Gupta  84	Lockup  208	Courage  96
8 pm	O’Reilly  166	Special  156	Lockup  145	Grace  118
9 pm	Luntz  91	Morgan  97	Lockup  143	Courage  68
10 pm	Van Susteren  121	Special  93	Lockup  206	Grace  55
11 pm	O’Reilly  229	Gupta  94	Lockup  218	Showbiz  47
TOTAL DAY	310	105	124	83
PRIME TIME	361	156	230	76
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.325	Blitzer  712	Lockup  293	Express  102
6 pm	Baier  1.242	King, USA  538	Lockup  385	Express  148
7 pm	Smith  1.176	Gupta  332	Lockup  362	Courage   191
8 pm	O’Reilly  1.333	Special  471	Lockup  370	Grace  315
9 pm	Luntz  1.180	Morgan  311	Lockup  325	Courage   188
10 pm	Van Susteren   1.116	Special  330	Lockup  365	Grace  160
11 pm	O’Reilly  920	Gupta  248	Lockup  382	Showbiz  122
TOTAL DAY	1.301	340	465	202
PRIME TIME	1.909	521	793	227
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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