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CNN’s Don Lemon led the network on Wednesday in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic, pulling in 201,000 viewers.

Lemon’s showing at 10 p.m. was good enough to beat out 9 p.m.’s CNN Tonight, which brought in 174,000 demo viewers. Second place CNN Tonight was guest-hosted by Laura Coates. In total viewers, Lemon drew 609,000 at 10 p.m. and 434,000 at 11 p.m.

Anderson Cooper, who often leads CNN in the demo, came in third place with 163,000 viewers in the demo.

But Fox News dominated in the demo on Wednesday, averaging more than CNN’s top show with 291,000 viewers. CNN came in second and MSNBC landed in third – both during day time and prime time hours.

Here is a full breakdown of Wednesday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1064		 NEW DAY:
255		 MORNING JOE:
792		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
10		 ELEMENTARY:
19
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1420		 NEW DAY:
418		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
93		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
23
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1695		 NEW DAY:
508		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1664		 CNN NEWSROOM:
566		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
637		 NATIONAL REPORT:
189		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1707		 CNN NEWSROOM:
534		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
534		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
105
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1678		 AT THIS HOUR:
534		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
524		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
155
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1670		 INSIDE POLITICS:
546		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
542		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
156		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
210
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1476		 CNN NEWSROOM:
550		 MTP DAILY:
571		 — BLUE BLOODS:
180
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1173		 CNN NEWSROOM:
563		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
588		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
165		 BLUE BLOODS:
161
3p STORY, THE:
1243		 CNN NEWSROOM:
623		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
568		 — BLUE BLOODS:
196
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1405		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
655		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
914		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
224		 BLUE BLOODS:
260
5p FIVE, THE:
3491		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
702		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
273		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
99
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2454		 SITUATION ROOM:
591		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1143		 SPICER & CO:
286		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
59
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2949		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
676		 REIDOUT:
1139		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
324		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
41
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3580		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
748		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1320		 STINCHFIELD:
287		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
62
9p HANNITY:
2993		 CNN TONIGHT:
565		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1731		 PRIME NEWS:
127		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
45
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2556		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
609		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1378		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
150		 BANFIELD:
27
11p GUTFELD!:
1976		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
434		 11TH HOUR:
801		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
148		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
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25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
188		 NEW DAY:
29		 MORNING JOE:
101		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
5		 ELEMENTARY:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
223		 NEW DAY:
55		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
17		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
211		 NEW DAY:
81		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
266		 CNN NEWSROOM:
100		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
75		 NATIONAL REPORT:
27		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
270		 CNN NEWSROOM:
81		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
74		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
8
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
223		 AT THIS HOUR:
97		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
61		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
12p OUTNUMBERED:
257		 INSIDE POLITICS:
125		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
57		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
28		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
228		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 MTP DAILY:
57		 — BLUE BLOODS:
18
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
187		 CNN NEWSROOM:
117		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
48		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
41		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
3p STORY, THE:
207		 CNN NEWSROOM:
113		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
43		 — BLUE BLOODS:
30
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
222		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
109		 DEADLINE:WHITE
HOUSE:
67		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
49		 BLUE BLOODS:
34
5p FIVE, THE:
461		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
131		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
37		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
15
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
394		 SITUATION ROOM:
121		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
112		 SPICER & CO:
51		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
9
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
477		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
137		 REIDOUT:
146		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
48		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
9
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
575		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
163		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
139		 STINCHFIELD:
53		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
9p HANNITY:
459		 CNN TONIGHT:
174		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
184		 PRIME NEWS:
24		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
427		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
201		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
109		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
31		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
365		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
145		 11TH HOUR:
93		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
23		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
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As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 519,000

Fox: 1.83 million

MSNBC: 806,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 112,000

Fox News: 291,000

MSNBC: 87,000

Here are the prime time averages — encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 641,000

Fox News: 3.04 million

MSNBC: 1.47 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 179,000

Fox News: 487,000

MSNBC: 144,000

For more ratings information

and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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