MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell had a strong night in ratings on Thursday as he overtook Greta Van Susteren‘s On The Record in demo at 10PM. It was the second time O’Donnell beat Greta, the last being March 15, 2012. O’Donnell led MSNBC with 327,000 demo viewers to Van Susteren’s 309,000. However, Van Susteren easily topped him in total viewers: 1,411,000 to 899,000. Lawrence also beat all shows on MSNBC, CNN and HLN during the 5-11PM block in demo and total viewers.

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Over on CNN, Piers Morgan dominated the CNN lineup in both demo and total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm The5 

255

 Blitzer 

70

 Matthews 

92

 Special 

50
6 pm Baier 

296

 King, USA 

45

 Sharpton 

115

 Prime 

50
7 pm Shep 

345

 Burnett 

115

 Matthews 

111

 Velez-Mitchell 

94
8 pm O’Reilly 

571

 Cooper 

122

 Schultz 

164

 Grace 

159
9 pm Hannity 

407

 Morgan 

175

 Maddow 

232

 Dr. Drew
 

124
10 pm Van Susteren 

309

 Cooper 

143

 O’Donnell 

327

 Grace 

85
11 pm O’Reilly 

355

 Burnett 

90

 Schultz 

213

 Showbiz 

69
TOTAL DAY 288 81 122 81
PRIME TIME 429 147 241 120
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm The5 

1.213

 Blitzer 

417

 Matthews 

603

 Special 

175
6 pm Baier 

1.551

 King, USA 

275

 Sharpton 

632

 Prime 

175
7 pm Smith 

1.584

 Burnett 

327

 Matthews 

648

 Velez-Mitchell 

250
8 pm O’Reilly 

2.713

 Cooper 

431

 Schultz 

802

 Grace 

415
9 pm Hannity 

1.839

 Morgan 

552

 Maddow 

774

 DrDrew 

345
10 pm Greta 

1.411

 Cooper 

421

 O’Donnell 

899

 Grace 

307
11 pm O’Reilly 

1.181

 Burnett 

235

 Schultz 

515

 Showbiz 

248
TOTAL DAY 1.234 318 472 223
PRIME TIME 1.995 468 825 350
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data
Tags: Greta Van Susteren, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ratings