Wednesday Cable News Ratings: Fox’s Bret Baier #2 in Total Viewers for All Cable News

Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier had the second highest number of total viewers Wednesday night across all of cable news with 1.825M. Fox’s Bill O’Reilly was #1 with 2.604M. In his 6pm time slot, Baier was #1 in the 25-54 demo with 343K viewers.
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
192 |
New Day
139 |
Morning Joe
143 |
Express
68 |
| 5 pm | The Five
252 |
Blitzer
136 |
Schultz
148 |
Express
41 |
| 6 pm | Baier
343 |
Blitzer
155 |
Sharpton
175 |
Express
57 |
| 7 pm | Smith
351 |
Burnett
153 |
Matthews
226 |
Velez-Mitchell
49 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
509 |
Cooper
193 |
Hayes
323 |
Grace
78 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
390 |
Morgan
167 |
Maddow
317 |
Dr. Drew
96 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
309 |
Cooper
176 |
O’Donnell
263 |
After Dark
81 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
290 |
Burnett
194 |
Hayes
189 |
Showbiz
73 |
| PRIME TIME | 403 | 179 | 301 | 85 |
| 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
1.033 |
New Day
383 |
Morning Joe
440 |
Express
178 |
| 5 pm | The Five
1.627 |
Blitzer
463 |
Schultz
648 |
Express
227 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.825 |
Blitzer
490 |
Sharpton
655 |
Express
167 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.584 |
Burnett
525 |
Matthews
749 |
Velez-Mitchell
227 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.604 |
Cooper
581 |
Hayes
947 |
Grace
242 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1.721 |
Morgan
542 |
Maddow
992 |
Dr. Drew
294 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1.473 |
Cooper
495 |
O’Donnell
770 |
After Dark
289 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.230 |
Burnett
502 |
Hayes
442 |
Showbiz
256 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.939 | 541 | 909 | 275 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
*Please note that the daily ratings report now contains figures for the 6-9am morning shows.
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