For the first time in more than a year, MSNBC had higher overall prime time ratings in the 25-54 demo than Fox News last night. Demo victories from Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell helped MSNBC to an average of 348K in the demo, beating Fox’s 311K. The O’Reilly Factor beat All In with Chris Hayes at 8pm, but by only 3K viewers.
Fox was still #1 in total viewers, beating MSNBC 2.157M to 1.143M. Bill O’Reilly was #1 in total viewers for all of cable news with 2.794M, while Maddow was #1 on MSNBC with 1.384M.
Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 273 | New Day 67 | Morning Joe 110 | Express 134 |
| 5 pm | The Five 432 | Blitzer 105 | Schultz 208 | WWYD 53 |
| 6 pm | Baier 356 | Blitzer/Crossfire 140/168 | Sharpton 256 | WWYD 123 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 225 | Burnett 99 | Matthews 265 | Velez-Mitchell 137 |
| 8 pm | O& 313 | Cooper 174 | Hayes 310 | Grace 193 |
| 9 pm | Kelly 346 | CNN Films 323 | Maddow 399 | Dr. Drew 148 |
| 10 pm | Hannity 271 | CNN Films 255 | O’Donnell 332 | 50 States 83 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 239 | CNN Films 151 | Hayes 171 | 50 States 78 |
| PRIME TIME | 311 | 250 | 348 | 141 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 1.166 | New Day 175 | Morning Joe 399 | Express 251 |
| 5 pm | The Five 2.418 | Blitzer 457 | Schultz 617 | WWYD 117 |
| 6 pm | Baier 2.349 | Blitzer/Crossfire 463/421 | Sharpton 773 | WWYD 202 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 1.822 | Burnett 339 | Matthews 1.029 | Velez-Mitchell 285 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 2.794 | Cooper 602 | Hayes 1.001 | Grace 408 |
| 9 pm | Kelly 2.338 | CNN Films 793 | Maddow 1.384 | Dr. Drew 325 |
| 10 pm | Hannity 1.320 | CNN Films 609 | O’Donnell 1.042 | 50 States 151 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 995 | CNN Films 361 | Hayes 444 | 50 States 146 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.157 | 668 | 1.143 | 295 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||