The big winner on Thursday night was FNC’s Greta Van Susteren. Her show, hosted from Aruba, took its 2.1 million viewer lead-in and added 300,000 to become the #2 show of the night. (With 2.4 million viewers, she only had 120,000 fewer viewers than O’Reilly.) Greta was up 74% versus her May 2005 average (and up 91% in the demo). No wonder she may be back to Aruba on Monday!
Nancy Grace also had a very good night, with over 800,000 viewers, earning the #2 position among 25-54 year olds at 10pm; Paula Zahn lost to Grace at 8pm, but she had a good night too. Who didn’t have a good day? MSNBC, averaging fewer than 200,000 viewers in primetime.
Total viewers:
Total day: FNC: 1,076,000 / CNN: 409,000 / MSNBC: 178,000 / HLN: 276,000 / CNBC: 132,000
Primetime: FNC: 2,359,000 / CNN: 856,000 / MSNBC: 254,000 / HLN: 473,000 / CNBC: 161,000
25-54 demographic:
Total day: FNC: 347,000 / CNN: 124,000 / MSNBC: 56,000 / HLN: 117,000 / CNBC: 42,000
Primetime: FNC: 628,000 / CNN: 224,000 / MSNBC: 92,000 / HLN: 166,000 / CNBC: 99,000
The hourlies:
5pm: Gibson: 1,247,000 / Blitzer: 611,000 / Connected: 209,000 / HLN: 195,000 / Kudlow: 139,000
6pm: Hume: 1,417,000 / Dobbs: 476,000 / Abrams: 366,000 / HLN: 239,000 / Mad Money: 159,000
7pm: Shep: 1,663,000 / Cooper: 606,000 / Hardball: 391,000 / Showbiz: 176,000 / Conan: 100,000
8pm: O’Reilly: 2,544,000 / Zahn: 787,000 / Countdown: 284,000 / Grace: 804,000 / Contender: 247,000
9pm: H&C: 2,107,000 / King: 1,153,000 / Situation: 202,000 / Prime News: 263,000 / Mad Money repeat: 119,000
10pm: Greta: 2,427,000 / NewsNight: 628,000 / Scarborough: 275,000 / Grace repeat: 351,000 / Deutsch: 118,000
Thursday Ratings: P2+ & 25-54 Demo
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