Thursday Cable News Ratings: Chris Matthews #1 in Total Viewers on MSNBC

With 1.036M total viewers, Hardball with Chris Matthews was the most-watched show on MSNBC and the only show on the network to top 1 million viewers. Matthews was followed by The Rachel Maddow Show with 932K and PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (which featured Chuck Todd’s exclusive interview with President Obama) with 811K.

At 7pm, Matthews came in second behind Fox’s On The Record with Greta Van Susteren, which had 1.989M total viewers. CNN’s Out Front with Erin Burnett was a distant third with 346K.

Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  346	New Day  94	Morning Joe  146	Express  103
5 pm	The Five  423	Blitzer  105	Schultz  131	Express  30
6 pm	Baier  391	Blitzer/Crossfire  129/100	Sharpton  156	Express  29
7 pm	Van Susteren  335	Burnett  119	Matthews  207	Velez-Mitchell  47
8 pm	O’Reilly  452	Cooper  188	Hayes  190	Grace  77
9 pm	Kelly  376	CNN Films  163	Maddow  262	Dr. Drew  79
10 pm	Hannity  424	CNN Films  126	O’Donnell  196	After Dark  48
11 pm	O’Reilly  285	Cooper/Crossfire  102/90	Hayes  84	Showbiz  38
PRIME TIME	418	159	216	68
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.374	New Day  220	Morning Joe  459	Express  221
5 pm	The Five  2.368	Blitzer  421	Schultz  721	Express  235
6 pm	Baier  2.181	Blitzer/Crossfire  357/268	Sharpton  811	Express  199
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.989	Burnett  346	Matthews  1.036	Velez-Mitchell  178
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.922	Cooper  514	Hayes  697	Grace  324
9 pm	Kelly  2.569	CNN Films  370	Maddow  932	Dr. Drew  263
10 pm	Hannity  2.502	CNN Films  321	O’Donnell  689	After Dark  196
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.250	Cooper/Crossfire  194/176	Hayes  310	Showbiz  169
PRIME TIME	2.671	402	773	261
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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