Thursday evening during the 6pm hour, MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton was #1 in the 25-54 demo with with 219K viewers. Fox’s Bret Baier was #2 in the demo with 197K.
In total viewers, Baier’s 1.754M more than doubled Sharpton’s 737K. In both cases, CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer came in third with 112K in the demo and 465K total viewers.
Here are the rest of your Thursday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The Five 224 | Blitzer 82 | Matthews 135 | Express 40 |
| 6 pm | Baier 197 | Blitzer 112 | Sharpton 219 | Express 54 |
| 7 pm | Smith 221 | Burnett 120 | Matthews 202 | Velez-Mitchell 62 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 429 | Cooper 219 | Hayes 219 | Grace 114 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 392 | Morgan 149 | Maddow 203 | Dr. Drew 123 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 283 | Cooper 122 | O’Donnell 175 | After Dark 65 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 309 | Cooper 122 | Hayes 101 | Showbiz 56 |
| TOTAL DAY | 228 | 117 | 135 | 63 |
| PRIME TIME | 368 | 163 | 199 | 101 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The Five 1.658 | Blitzer 512 | Matthews 600 | Express 152 |
| 6 pm | Baier 1.754 | Blitzer 465 | Sharpton 737 | Express 170 |
| 7 pm | Smith 1.643 | Burnett 425 | Matthews 607 | Velez-Mitchell 206 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 2.988 | Cooper 635 | Hayes 675 | Grace 287 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 2.132 | Morgan 465 | Maddow 733 | Dr. Drew 367 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 1.604 | Will & Kate +1 505 | O’Donnell 557 | After Dark 225 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 1.127 | Cooper 428 | Hayes 287 | Showbiz 202 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.298 | 408 | 421 | 198 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.242 | 535 | 655 | 293 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||