Wednesday Cable Ratings: Fox Tops 1 Million in Demo During Obama Speech

Fox News was the #1 cable news network during President Barack Obama’s address to the nation on combatting ISIS Wednesday night with 1.035M viewers in the 25-54 demo and 4.554M total viewers. Those numbers marked an all-time high for The Kelly File.

During the 9 p.m. hour, CNN came in second with 633K in the demo and 1.827M total while MSNBC was third with 352K in the demo and 1.679M total.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  235	New Day  130	Morning Joe  155	Express  134
5 pm	The Five  363	Blitzer  144	Schultz  94	Files  57
6 pm	Baier  379	Blitzer  207	Sharpton  124	Files  60
7 pm	Van Susteren  282	Burnett  253	Matthews  151	Velez-Mitchell  74
8 pm	O’Reilly  610	Cooper  351	Obama Special  178	Grace  131
9 pm	Kelly  1.035	Obama/Cooper  633/567	Maddow  352	Dr. Drew  89
10 pm	Hannity  606	Tonight  289	O’Donnell  284	Files  140
11 pm	Baier  426	Tonight  219	Hayes  192	Files  141
PRIME TIME	750	408	272	120
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.110	New Day  292	Morning Joe  431	Express  236
5 pm	The Five  2.168	Blitzer  611	Schultz  505	Files  125
6 pm	Baier  2.254	Blitzer  596	Sharpton  539	Files  108
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.692	Burnett  652	Matthews  870	Velez-Mitchell  206
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.036	Cooper  1.043	Obama Special  1.010	Grace  407
9 pm	Kelly  4.554	Obama/Cooper  1.827/1.591	Maddow  1.679	Dr. Drew  244
10 pm	Hannity  2.634	Tonight  831	O’Donnell  968	Files  352
11 pm	Baier  1.689	Tonight  649	Hayes  494	Files  403
PRIME TIME	3.413	1.174	1.220	334
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data