With its nearly non-stop coverage of the Eric Garner protests Thursday night, CNN almost doubled MSNBC in the 25-54 demo during primetime, 313K to 165K. Fox News remained in the lead with 396K in the demo for primetime. CNN peaked during the 9 p.m. hour when Anderson Cooper 360 had 343K in the demo, compared to 382K for Fox’s The Kelly File and 181K for The Rachel Maddow Show.
In total viewers, Fox News was far out ahead of the rest with 2.135M in primetime. CNN came in second place with 695K and MSNBC was close behind with 651K.
Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
242 |
New Day
130 |
Morning Joe
107 |
Express
101 |
| 5 pm | The Five
259 |
Blitzer
177 |
Schultz
109 |
WWYD
26 |
| 6 pm | Baier
254 |
Blitzer
220 |
Sharpton
119 |
Files
72 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
292 |
Burnett
233 |
Matthews
155 |
Files
59 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
463 |
Cooper
293 |
Hayes
113 |
Grace
97 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
382 |
Cooper
343 |
Maddow
181 |
Dr. Drew
57 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
342 |
Tonight
304 |
O’Donnell
199 |
Files
136 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
282 |
Tonight
314 |
Hayes
110 |
Files
255 |
| PRIME TIME | 396 | 313 | 165 | 96 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
1.101 |
New Day
353 |
Morning Joe
389 |
Express
219 |
| 5 pm | The Five
2.204 |
Blitzer
605 |
Schultz
493 |
WWYD
86 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.179 |
Blitzer
552 |
Sharpton
583 |
Files
149 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
2.094 |
Burnett
580 |
Matthews
813 |
Files
216 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.960 |
Cooper
685 |
Hayes
521 |
Grace
313 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
2.036 |
Cooper
693 |
Maddow
739 |
Dr. Drew
268 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.408 |
Tonight
706 |
O’Donnell
692 |
Files
433 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.164 |
Tonight
586 |
Hayes
302 |
Files
637 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.135 | 695 | 651 | 338 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
Have a tip we should know? tips@mediaite.com
