Wednesday Cable Ratings: MSNBC’s Schultz Last in Demo with 48K

With 48K viewers in the 25-54 demo at 5 p.m., MSNBC’s The Ed Show was the lowest rated hour across all of cable news on on Wednesday afternoon. In the same time slot, Fox News’ The Five was #1 with 294K and CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer came in second with 150K.

In total viewers, Ed Schultz edged out Wolf Blitzer, 511K to 507K. The Five was again #1 with 1.925M.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  206	New Day  85	Morning Joe  75
5 pm	The Five  294	Blitzer  150	Schultz  48
6 pm	Baier  267	Blitzer  155	Sharpton  76
7 pm	Van Susteren  281	Burnett  116	Matthews  128
8 pm	O’Reilly  514	Cooper  186	Hayes  120
9 pm	Kelly  362	Special  182	Maddow  143
10 pm	Hannity  200	Tonight  165	O’Donnell  124
11 pm	O’Reilly  205	Cooper  221	Hayes  62
PRIME TIME	358	177	129
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  896	New Day  266	Morning Joe  381
5 pm	The Five  1.925	Blitzer  507	Schultz  511
6 pm	Baier  1.870	Blitzer  486	Sharpton  463
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.620	Burnett  456	Matthews  775
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.765	Cooper  645	Hayes  711
9 pm	Kelly  2.226	Special  627	Maddow  897
10 pm	Hannity  1.411	Tonight  553	O’Donnell  824
11 pm	O’Reilly  961	Cooper  520	Hayes  365
PRIME TIME	2.135	608	811
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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