Thursday Cable Ratings: The Five Ratings Tower Over 5PM Competition in Total and Demo
The Five won the 5PM ratings race on Thursday, raking in hundreds of thousands of more viewers than The Ed Show, The Situation Room, and HLN News combined. The Five got 2.07 million viewers in total, while Ed Schultz came in second with just 0.56 million.
In the demo, The Five raked in 351K viewers, while Schultz got 163K, HLN News took in 142K, and Wolf Blitzer only got 94K.
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
253 |
New Day
94 |
Morning Joe
101 |
Express
50 |
5 pm | The Five
351 |
Blitzer
94 |
Schultz
163 |
News
142 |
6 pm | Baier
292 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
160/101 |
Sharpton
174 |
Velez-Mitchell
158 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
273 |
Burnett
129 |
Matthews
207 |
Velez-Mitchell
140 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
353 |
Cooper
152 |
Hayes
238 |
Grace
181 |
9 pm | Kelly
329 |
Morgan
121 |
Maddow
280 |
Dr. Drew
180 |
10 pm | Smith
255 |
Cooper
139 |
O’Donnell
253 |
Minute
88 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
205 |
Burnett
104 |
Hayes
141 |
Files
80 |
PRIME TIME | 312 | 137 | 257 | 150 |
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
1.142 |
New Day
261 |
Morning Joe
339 |
Express
138 |
5 pm | The Five
2.074 |
Blitzer
378 |
Schultz
559 |
News
375 |
6 pm | Baier
1.983 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
435/267 |
Sharpton
728 |
Velez-Mitchell
355 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
1.885 |
Burnett
443 |
Matthews
967 |
Velez-Mitchell
373 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.749 |
Cooper
502 |
Hayes
736 |
Grace
434 |
9 pm | Kelly
2.296 |
Morgan
320 |
Maddow
935 |
Dr. Drew
401 |
10 pm | Smith
1.455 |
Cooper
306 |
O’Donnell
815 |
Minute
230 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.051 |
Burnett
234 |
Hayes
388 |
Express
188 |
PRIME TIME | 2.169 | 376 | 830 | 355 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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