With 419K viewers in the 25-54 demo Thursday night at 10 p.m., Fox News’ Hannity was the highest-rated show in all of cable news. Fox’s The Kelly File was a close second with 417K and the replay of The O’Reilly Factor at 11 p.m. was third with 380K. The first airing of Bill O’Reilly’s show came in fourth place with 360K.
O’Reilly’s 8 p.m. show remained in first place in total viewers with 2.645M, while Megyn Kelly was second with 2.471M. Special Report with Bret Baier came in third with 2.076M.
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
247 |
New Day
109 |
Morning Joe
66 |
Express
78 |
5 pm | The Five
311 |
Blitzer
156 |
Schultz
96 |
Files
16 |
6 pm | Baier
282 |
Blitzer
161 |
Sharpton
121 |
Files
24 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
284 |
Burnett
196 |
Matthews
86 |
Velez-Mitchell
66 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
360 |
Cooper
210 |
Hayes
91 |
Grace
132 |
9 pm | Kelly
417 |
Sixties
164 |
Maddow
150 |
Dr. Drew
106 |
10 pm | Hannity
419 |
Lemon
156 |
O’Donnell
126 |
Files
103 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
380 |
Cooper
157 |
Hayes
61 |
Files
109 |
PRIME TIME | 409 | 177 | 122 | 114 |
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
1.082 |
New Day
324 |
Morning Joe
360 |
Express
193 |
5 pm | Smith
1.842 |
Blitzer
533 |
Schultz
513 |
Files
97 |
6 pm | Baier
2.076 |
Blitzer
560 |
Sharpton
601 |
Files
91 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
1.819 |
Burnett
602 |
Matthews
703 |
Velez-Mitchell
179 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.645 |
Cooper
605 |
Hayes
724 |
Grace
365 |
9 pm | Kelly
2.471 |
Sixties
583 |
Maddow
809 |
Dr. Drew
312 |
10 pm | Hannity
1.934 |
Lemon
493 |
O’Donnell
713 |
Files
313 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.401 |
Cooper
349 |
Hayes
328 |
Files
440 |
PRIME TIME | 2.364 | 561 | 749 | 330 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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