Wednesday Cable Ratings: O’Reilly Dominates the Demo with 705K

With 705K viewers in the 25-54 demo Wednesday night, Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor more than doubled almost every other primetime program except for The Kelly File, which came in second overall with 482K, as well as On the Record with Greta Van Susteren (419K) and The Five (357K).
Bill O’Reilly did not address his current controversy on the show, but still managed to get his highest demo rating of 2015 so far. O’Reilly also came in first in total viewers with 3.084M and was the only cable news show to top 3 million for the night.
Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
223 |
New Day
83 |
Morning Joe
93 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
357 |
Blitzer
172 |
Schultz
58 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
324 |
Blitzer
189 |
Sharpton
65 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
419 |
Burnett
198 |
Matthews
129 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
705 |
Cooper
162 |
Obama Town Hall
129 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
482 |
Bourdain
132 |
Maddow
122 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
336 |
Tonight
159 |
O’Donnell
116 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
253 |
Cooper
117 |
Obama Town Hall
99 |
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| PRIME TIME | 512 | 151 | 122 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
1.038 |
New Day
300 |
Morning Joe
423 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.333 |
Blitzer
629 |
Schultz
425 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
2.311 |
Blitzer
556 |
Sharpton
521 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
2.109 |
Burnett
589 |
Matthews
832 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.084 |
Cooper
535 |
Obama Town Hall
907 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
2.289 |
Bourdain
330 |
Maddow
902 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
1.503 |
Tonight
362 |
O’Donnell
717 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
975 |
Cooper
278 |
Obama Town Hall
406 |
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| PRIME TIME | 2.298 | 409 | 844 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||


