With 101K viewers in the 25-54 demo and 407K total viewers, Piers Morgan Live was the highest-rated show across CNN’s prime time schedule Thursday night. Still, within his 9pm time slot, Piers Morgan came in 4th place in the demo and 3rd in total viewers.

Fox’s The Kelly File was #1 at 9pm with 332K in the demo and 2.529M total viewers. MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show came in second with 285K in the demo and 971 total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  309	New Day  70	Morning Joe  173	Express  98
5 pm	The Five  347	Blitzer  77	Schultz  195	WWYD  37
6 pm	Baier  296	Blitzer/Crossfire  99/85	Sharpton  202	Express  63
7 pm	Van Susteren  257	Burnett  98	Matthews  280	Velez-Mitchell  85
8 pm	O’Reilly  412	Cooper  93	Hayes  244	Grace  166
9 pm	Kelly  332	Morgan  101	Maddow  285	Dr. Drew  157
10 pm	Hannity  240	Sixties  73	O’Donnell  229	WWYD  92
11 pm	O’Reilly  210	Sixties  77	Hayes  121	Files  118
PRIME TIME	329	89	253	138
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.257	New Day  205	Morning Joe  508	Express  233
5 pm	The Five  2.197	Blitzer  393	Schultz  566	WWYD  85
6 pm	Baier  2.181	Blitzer/Crossfire  375/273	Sharpton  661	Express  197
7 pm	Van Susteren  2.092	Burnett  319	Matthews  1.004	Velez-Mitchell  229
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.088	Cooper  383	Hayes  766	Grace  411
9 pm	Kelly  2.529	Morgan  407	Maddow  971	Dr. Drew  325
10 pm	Hannity  1.592	Sixties  297	O’Donnell  794	WWYD  218
11 pm	O’Reilly  985	Sixties  246	Hayes  329	Express  238
PRIME TIME	2.404	362	844	318
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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