Cable News Ratings Wednesday March 1: O’Donnell Leads MSNBC Overall, Ingraham Wins at 10 P.M.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell led MSNBC in both the key 25-54 age demographic and in total viewers on Wednesday.
O’Donnell scored 1.41 million total viewers, just beating Nicolle Wallace’s 1.35 million viewers.
In the demo, O’Donnell brought in 137,000, beating second place Stephanie Ruhle at 120k demo viewers.
Fox News’s Laura Ingraham won the 10 p.m. hour overall, with 2.05 million total viewers and 269k in the demo. CNN Tonight landed in a distant third at 452,000 total and just 84k demo viewers.
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: 945 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 252 |
MORNING JOE: 801 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 14 |
EARLY MORNING: 12 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1332 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 360 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 64 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 36 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1652 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 443 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1571 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 531 |
MORNING JOE: 754 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 105 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1624 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 550 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 607 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 26 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1561 |
AT THIS HOUR: 525 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 576 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1544 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 578 |
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: 662 [12:14 PM-1:06 PM] |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 143 |
BLUE BLOODS: 61 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1310 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 528 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 622 [1:07 PM-2:27 PM] |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 109 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1358 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 582 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 96 |
BLUE BLOODS: 154 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1412 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 606 |
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: 741 [2:28 PM-3:45 PM] |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 195 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1574 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 637 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1353 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 166 |
BLUE BLOODS: 235 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3133 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 599 |
— | SPICER & CO: 160 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 106 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2284 |
SITUATION ROOM: 548 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1297 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 146 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 49 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2673 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 606 |
REIDOUT: 1046 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 201 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 42 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2943 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 599 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1164 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 149 |
CUOMO: 152 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2447 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 577 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1189 |
PRIME NEWS: 83 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 151 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2051 |
CNN TONIGHT: 452 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1413 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 109 |
BANFIELD: 126 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1956 |
CNN TONIGHT: 341 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1012 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 88 |
CUOMO: 89 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 129 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 57 |
MORNING JOE: 118 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 2 |
EARLY MORNING: 3 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 209 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 74 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 6 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 238 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 88 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 197 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 100 |
MORNING JOE: 83 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 7 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 200 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 113 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 79 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 1 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 223 |
AT THIS HOUR: 98 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 73 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 196 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 91 |
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: 105 [12:14 PM-1:06 PM] |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 6 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 172 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 85 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 62 [1:07 PM-2:27 PM] |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 12 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 181 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 76 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 6 |
BLUE BLOODS: 14 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 207 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 101 |
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: 74 [2:28 PM-3:45 PM] |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 17 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 220 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 136 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 119 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 6 |
BLUE BLOODS: 21 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 340 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 126 |
— | SPICER & CO: 8 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 4 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 229 |
SITUATION ROOM: 98 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 117 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 9 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 6 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 288 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 129 |
REIDOUT: 104 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 22 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 4 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 459 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 110 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 107 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 24 |
CUOMO: 39 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 303 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 102 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 117 |
PRIME NEWS: 16 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 36 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 269 |
CNN TONIGHT: 84 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 137 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 12 |
BANFIELD: 32 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 308 |
CNN TONIGHT: 59 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 120 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 4 |
CUOMO: 9 |
As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
CNN: 479,000
Fox News: 1.69 million
MSNBC: 861,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 87,000
Fox News: 224,000
MSNBC: 95,000
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: 543,000
Fox News: 2.48 million
MSNBC: 1.25
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 99,000
Fox News: 344,000
MSNBC: 120,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.