Wednesday Cable Ratings: Chris Matthews #1 in Demo and Total on MSNBC

Hardball with Chris Matthews was the highest-rated show on MSNBC Wednesday evening in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. The 7 p.m. show had 161K viewers in the demo and 770K total viewers, putting it in second place behind Fox News’ On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, which had 244K in the demo and 1.480M total.

On MSNBC, All In with Chris Hayes and The Rachel Maddow Show tied for second place in the demo with 144K each. Rachel Maddow came in second in total viewers with 659K while Chris Hayes was third with 552K.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  199	New Day  57	Morning Joe  74	Express  95
5 pm	The Five  251	Blitzer  115	Schultz  82	WWYD  19
6 pm	Baier  232	Blitzer/Crossfire  123/90	Sharpton  103	Dr. Drew  30
7 pm	Van Susteren  244	Burnett  72	Matthews  161	Velez-Mitchell  42
8 pm	O’Reilly  328	Cooper  105	Hayes  144	Grace  67
9 pm	Kelly  255	Bourdain  145	Maddow  144	Dr. Drew  38
10 pm	Hannity  244	Lemon  97	O’Donnell  90	Files  195
11 pm	O’Reilly  206	Cooper  92	Hayes  31	Files  237
PRIME TIME	276	116	126	100
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  875	New Day  213	Morning Joe  302	Express  201
5 pm	The Five  1.779	Blitzer  394	Schultz  476	WWYD  64
6 pm	Baier  1.634	Blitzer/Crossfire  308/237	Sharpton  458	Dr. Drew  69
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.480	Burnett  260	Matthews  770	Velez-Mitchell  142
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.354	Cooper  356	Hayes  552	Grace  265
9 pm	Kelly  1.930	Bourdain  280	Maddow  659	Dr. Drew  193
10 pm	Hannity  1.242	Lemon  293	O’Donnell  465	Files  375
11 pm	O’Reilly  835	Cooper  281	Hayes  236	Files  421
PRIME TIME	1.847	310	559	278
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data