Wednesday Cable Ratings: Don Lemon #1 in Demo Across CNN, MSNBC

With 214K viewers in the 25-54 demo Wednesday night, CNN Tonight with Don Lemon was the highest rated show across CNN and MSNBC and the only hour on those networks to top 200K. During the 10 p.m. time slot, Lemon’s show came in second place behind Fox News’ Hannity (293K) and ahead of MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (148K).

In total viewers, The Rachel Maddow Show was the highest rated hour across CNN and MSNBC with 742K.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  213	New Day  94	Morning Joe  79
5 pm	The Five  228	Blitzer  133	Schultz  42
6 pm	Baier  223	Blitzer  144	Sharpton  56
7 pm	Van Susteren  217	Burnett  103	Matthews  116
8 pm	O’Reilly  461	Cooper  130	Hayes  106
9 pm	Kelly  387	Bourdain  155	Maddow  152
10 pm	Hannity  293	Tonight  214	O’Donnell  148
11 pm	O’Reilly  182	Cooper  153	Hayes  66
PRIME TIME	380	166	135
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  897	New Day  334	Morning Joe  372
5 pm	The Five  1.663	Blitzer  468	Schultz  409
6 pm	Baier  1.737	Blitzer  475	Sharpton  425
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.583	Burnett  465	Matthews  615
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.688	Cooper  557	Hayes  513
9 pm	Kelly  2.313	Bourdain  405	Maddow  742
10 pm	Hannity  1.466	Tonight  509	O’Donnell  488
11 pm	O’Reilly  875	Cooper  358	Hayes  257
PRIME TIME	2.158	490	581
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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