Wednesday Cable News Ratings: Piers Morgan #1 on CNN with Bill Clinton Interview

Piers Morgan Live was the highest rated show across CNN’s primetime schedule Wednesday night, as the host aired a one-hour interview with former President Bill Clinton. Piers Morgan had 215K in the 25-54 demo and 719K total viewers.

In his 9pm time slot, however, Morgan came in third place in both categories behind Fox’s Hannity (384K in the demo, 1.697M total) and MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show (304K in the demo, 936K total).

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  245	New Day  107	Morning Joe  133	Express  67
5 pm	The Five  390	Blitzer  108	Schultz  155	Express  34
6 pm	Baier  313	Blitzer/Crossfire  143/133	Sharpton  174	Express  51
7 pm	Smith  265	Burnett  121	Matthews  165	Velez-Mitchell  65
8 pm	O’Reilly  408	Cooper  202	Hayes  183	Grace  97
9 pm	Hannity  384	Morgan  215	Maddow  304	Dr. Drew  84
10 pm	Van Susteren  300	Cooper  184	O’Donnell  249	After Dark  67
11 pm	O’Reilly  282	Cooper  127	Hayes  137	Showbiz  46
PRIME TIME	364	201	245	83
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.130	New Day  374	Morning Joe  468	Express  171
5 pm	The Five  1.994	Blitzer  542	Schultz  734	Express  125
6 pm	Baier  1.938	Blitzer/Crossfire  448/381	Sharpton  711	Express  142
7 pm	Smith  1.410	Burnett  442	Matthews  832	Velez-Mitchell  223
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.539	Cooper  654	Hayes  760	Grace  289
9 pm	Hannity  1.697	Morgan  719	Maddow  936	Dr. Drew  232
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.529	Cooper  576	O’Donnell  794	After Dark  172
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.145	Cooper  407	Hayes  420	Showbiz  145
PRIME TIME	1.926	649	831	231
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data