On a day that consisted of wall-to-wall coverage of the Charleston, South Carolina, CNN took the lead in the 25-54 demo for the 6 and 7 p.m. hours on Thursday. The second hour of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer had 311K viewers, beating Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier (with a guest host filling in), which had 218K.
At 7 p.m., CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront had 368K, beating Fox News’ On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, which had 236K.
During those same two hours, Fox News was #1 in total viewers with 1.689M for Special Report and 1.517M for Greta Van Susteren. CNN’s shows both came in second with 837K for Wolf Blitzer and 995K for Erin Burnett.
Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
198 |
New Day
152 |
Morning Joe
102 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
241 |
Blitzer
240 |
Schultz
94 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
218 |
Blitzer
311 |
Sharpton
106 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
236 |
Burnett
368 |
Matthews
138 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
412 |
Cooper
312 |
Hayes
114 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
410 |
Special
335 |
Maddow
201 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
405 |
Tonight
364 |
O’Donnell
149 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
293 |
Cooper
269 |
Hayes
106 |
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| PRIME TIME | 369 | 190 | 166 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
975 |
New Day
512 |
Morning Joe
447 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
1.664 |
Blitzer
981 |
Schultz
618 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
1.689 |
Blitzer
837 |
Sharpton
585 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.517 |
Burnett
995 |
Matthews
758 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.278 |
Cooper
1.041 |
Hayes
658 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
1.956 |
Special
901 |
Maddow
1.029 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
1.485 |
Tonight
1.041 |
O’Donnell
718 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
940 |
Cooper
727 |
Hayes
409 |
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| PRIME TIME | 1.959 | 456 | 763 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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