Tuesday Cable Ratings: MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Last in Demo with 34K

With just 34K viewers in the 25-54 demo Tuesday afternoon, MSNBC’s The Ed Show once again came close to tying its own yearly low of 32K from late February. In his 5 p.m. time slot, Ed Schultz trailed Fox News’ The Five (251K) and CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (146K) by large margins.
The Ed Show also came in third place in total viewers with 462K, behind The Five’s 2.013M and Wolf Blitzer‘s 469K.
Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
223 |
New Day
85 |
Morning Joe
90 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
251 |
Blitzer
146 |
Schultz
34 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
251 |
Blitzer
124 |
Sharpton
67 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
250 |
Burnett
106 |
Matthews
85 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
444 |
Cooper
164 |
Hayes
70 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
372 |
Special
159 |
Maddow
116 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
271 |
Tonight
136 |
O’Donnell
67 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
246 |
Cooper
105 |
Hayes
56 |
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| PRIME TIME | 363 | 153 | 84 | |
| 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
927 |
New Day
323 |
Morning Joe
378 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.013 |
Blitzer
469 |
Schultz
462 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
1.997 |
Blitzer
387 |
Sharpton
524 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.587 |
Burnett
479 |
Matthews
579 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.204 |
Cooper
510 |
Hayes
404 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
1.890 |
Special
523 |
Maddow
619 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
1.240 |
Tonight
454 |
O’Donnell
352 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
860 |
Cooper
319 |
Hayes
174 |
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| PRIME TIME | 1.778 | 496 | 459 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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