Wednesday Cable Ratings: Ed Schultz Drops to New Low of 35K in Demo

MSNBC’s The Ed Show dropped to a new low of 35K in the 25-54 demo on Wednesday, making it by far the lowest rated show across all of cable news. In its 5 p.m. time slot, CNN’s The Situation Room had nearly 5 times as many viewers with 156K and Fox News’ The Five had nearly 10 times as many with 331K.

In total viewers, Ed Schultz‘s show also came in third place with 439K before The Five’s 2.180 and The Situation Room’s 665K.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  251	New Day  122	Morning Joe  85
5 pm	The Five  331	Blitzer  156	Schultz  35
6 pm	Baier  303	Blitzer  155	Sharpton  81
7 pm	Van Susteren  313	Burnett  203	Matthews  128
8 pm	O’Reilly  542	Cooper  221	Hayes  113
9 pm	Kelly  461	Special  290	Maddow  157
10 pm	Hannity  242	Tonight  196	O’Donnell  104
11 pm	O’Reilly  254	Cooper  182	Hayes  77
PRIME TIME	415	236	125
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  967	New Day  394	Morning Joe  322
5 pm	The Five  2.180	Blitzer  665	Schultz  439
6 pm	Baier  2.134	Blitzer  532	Sharpton  513
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.965	Burnett  589	Matthews  753
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.988	Cooper  633	Hayes  646
9 pm	Kelly  2.277	Special  1.036	Maddow  879
10 pm	Hannity  1.309	Tonight  538	O’Donnell  642
11 pm	O’Reilly  962	Cooper  466	Hayes  342
PRIME TIME	2.192	736	725
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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