Wednesday Cable News Ratings: Matthews Beats Maddow in Total Viewers on MSNBC

With 1.271M total viewers Wednesday evening, Hardball with Chris Matthews was the most-watched show on MSNBC. The Rachel Maddow Show was #2 with 1.145M and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell was #3 with 1.020M.

In his 7pm time slot, Matthews came in second place behind Fox’s On The Record with Greta Van Susteren in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. Matthews had 264K in the demo, while Van Susteren brought in 283K. And Van Susteren’s 1.944M total viewers beat out Matthews’ 1.271M.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  327	New Day  100	Morning Joe  168	Express  70
5 pm	The Five  360	Blitzer  130	Schultz  178	Express  16
6 pm	Baier  346	Blitzer/Crossfire  171/177	Sharpton  195	Express  59
7 pm	Van Susteren  283	Burnett  192	Matthews  264	Velez-Mitchell  55
8 pm	O’Reilly  488	Cooper  162	Hayes  217	Grace  63
9 pm	Kelly  384	Morgan  117	Maddow  299	Dr. Drew  54
10 pm	Hannity  350	Cooper  131	O’Donnell  268	After Dark  34
11 pm	O’Reilly  390	Tapper/Crossfire  151/171	Hayes  164	Showbiz  36
PRIME TIME	409	136	262	50
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.209	New Day  263	Morning Joe  530	Express  173
5 pm	The Five  2.306	Blitzer  618	Schultz  834	Express  75
6 pm	Baier  2.188	Blitzer/Crossfire  653/567	Sharpton  902	Express  186
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.944	Burnett  593	Matthews  1.271	Velez-Mitchell  201
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.205	Cooper  690	Hayes  965	Grace  262
9 pm	Kelly  2.475	Morgan  542	Maddow  1.145	Dr. Drew  257
10 pm	Hannity  1.801	Cooper  496	O’Donnell  1.020	After Dark  128
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.385	Tapper/Crossfire  469/410	Hayes  514	Showbiz  179
PRIME TIME	2.503	576	1.045	215
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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