After dominating the cable news ratings on Election Night, Fox News once again put up stronger-than-usual numbers on Wednesday with Bill O’Reilly leading the way with 785K in the 25-54 demo and 4.096M total viewers at 8 p.m.
Overall, Fox averaged 666K in the demo and 3.274M total in primetime. By comparison, MSNBC came in second with 214K in the demo and 786K total and CNN was third with 124K in the demo and 393K total.
Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 384 | New Day 117 | Morning Joe 106 | Express 107 |
| 5 pm | The Five 482 | Blitzer 144 | Schultz 78 | WWYD 70 |
| 6 pm | Baier 584 | Blitzer 160 | Sharpton 89 | Files 36 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 545 | Burnett 94 | Matthews 166 | Files 107 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 785 | Cooper 102 | Hayes 194 | Grace 131 |
| 9 pm | Kelly 703 | Cooper 155 | Maddow 257 | Dr. Drew 59 |
| 10 pm | Hannity 511 | Election 117 | O’Donnell 190 | Files 129 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 395 | Election 66 | Hayes 124 | Files 169 |
| PRIME TIME | 666 | 124 | 214 | 106 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 1.856 | New Day 407 | Morning Joe 441 | Express 200 |
| 5 pm | The Five 3.026 | Blitzer 449 | Schultz 618 | WWYD 118 |
| 6 pm | Baier 3.231 | Blitzer 392 | Sharpton 527 | Files 93 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 2.976 | Burnett 340 | Matthews 818 | Files 222 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 4.096 | Cooper 370 | Hayes 720 | Grace 348 |
| 9 pm | Kelly 3.435 | Cooper 431 | Maddow 945 | Dr. Drew 240 |
| 10 pm | Hannity 2.286 | Election 379 | O’Donnell 692 | Files 270 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 1.590 | Election 268 | Hayes 325 | Files 390 |
| PRIME TIME | 3.274 | 393 | 786 | 286 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||