Thursday Ratings: Maddow Tops All Primetime Cable News In Demo, Save O’Reilly, Hannity
On Thursday night, Rachel Maddow topped all of primetime cable news in the demo — save for Fox News hosts Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity. In total viewers, Maddow topped MSNBC, but fell behind her Fox News counterparts.
Over at CNN, Anderson Cooper brought in the network’s highest ratings in both the demo and total viewers. O’Reilly and Hannity were the top two highest-rated shows overall in total viewers as well.
Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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5 pm | The5
528 |
Blitzer
219 |
Matthews
362 |
Express
55 |
6 pm | Baier
576 |
Blitzer
211 |
Sharpton
395 |
Express 99 |
7 pm | Shep
539 |
Burnett
215 |
Matthews
484 |
Velez-Mitchell
108 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
819 |
Cooper
288 |
Schultz
525 |
Grace
87 |
9 pm | Hannity
781 |
Morgan
246 |
Maddow
702 |
WWYD
188 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
697 |
Cooper
259 |
O’Donnell
606 |
WWYD
115 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
613 |
Burnett
209 |
Schultz
385 |
Showbiz
95 |
TOTAL DAY | 464 | 201 | 324 | 101 |
PRIME TIME | 766 | 264 | 612 | 130 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. |
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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5 pm | The5
2.516 |
Blitzer
751 |
Matthews
1.391 |
Express 145 |
6 pm | Baier
2.925 |
Blitzer
633 |
Sharpton
1.386 |
Express 207 |
7 pm | Smith
2.563 |
Burnett
845 |
Matthews
1.387 |
Velez-Mitchell
235 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
4.042 |
Cooper
1.012 |
Schultz
1.698 |
Grace
225 |
9 pm | Hannity
3.684 |
Morgan
997 |
Maddow
1.865 |
WWYD
355 |
10 pm | Greta
3.015 |
Cooper
837 |
O’Donnell
1.637 |
WWYD
313 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.906 |
Burnett
621 |
Schultz
968 |
Showbiz
245 |
TOTAL DAY | 2.034 | 622 | 971 | 231 |
PRIME TIME | 3.589 | 949 | 1.735 | 298 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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