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: | ||||
| 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 | ||||