Thursday Cable Ratings: CNN Nearly Doubles MSNBC in Primetime Demo

With its nearly non-stop coverage of the Eric Garner protests Thursday night, CNN almost doubled MSNBC in the 25-54 demo during primetime, 313K to 165K. Fox News remained in the lead with 396K in the demo for primetime. CNN peaked during the 9 p.m. hour when Anderson Cooper 360 had 343K in the demo, compared to 382K for Fox’s The Kelly File and 181K for The Rachel Maddow Show.

In total viewers, Fox News was far out ahead of the rest with 2.135M in primetime. CNN came in second place with 695K and MSNBC was close behind with 651K.

Here are the rest of your Thursday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  242	New Day  130	Morning Joe  107	Express  101
5 pm	The Five  259	Blitzer  177	Schultz  109	WWYD  26
6 pm	Baier  254	Blitzer  220	Sharpton  119	Files  72
7 pm	Van Susteren  292	Burnett  233	Matthews  155	Files  59
8 pm	O’Reilly  463	Cooper  293	Hayes  113	Grace  97
9 pm	Kelly  382	Cooper  343	Maddow  181	Dr. Drew  57
10 pm	Hannity  342	Tonight  304	O’Donnell  199	Files  136
11 pm	O’Reilly  282	Tonight  314	Hayes  110	Files  255
PRIME TIME	396	313	165	96
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.101	New Day  353	Morning Joe  389	Express  219
5 pm	The Five  2.204	Blitzer  605	Schultz  493	WWYD  86
6 pm	Baier  2.179	Blitzer  552	Sharpton  583	Files  149
7 pm	Van Susteren  2.094	Burnett  580	Matthews  813	Files  216
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.960	Cooper  685	Hayes  521	Grace  313
9 pm	Kelly  2.036	Cooper  693	Maddow  739	Dr. Drew  268
10 pm	Hannity  1.408	Tonight  706	O’Donnell  692	Files  433
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.164	Tonight  586	Hayes  302	Files  637
PRIME TIME	2.135	695	651	338
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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