Wednesday Cable Ratings: Megyn Kelly Beats O’Reilly in Demo with Cheney Interview

Megyn Kelly’s exclusive interview with Dick and Liz Cheney Wednesday night helped make Fox News’ The Kelly File the highest-rated cable news show in the demo with 389K viewers. Kelly came out ahead of Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor, which had 378K viewers in the demo. Fox’s The Five came in third with 330K viewers.

In total viewers, Bill O’Reilly was #1 with 2.537M viewers, followed by Kelly with 2.378M. Again, The Five was third with 1.964M.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  180	New Day  98	Morning Joe  112	Express  133
5 pm	The Five  330	Blitzer  80	Schultz  121	Files  39
6 pm	Baier  274	Blitzer/Crossfire  106/91	Sharpton  141	Files  89
7 pm	Van Susteren  219	Burnett  111	Matthews  158	Velez-Mitchell  136
8 pm	O’Reilly  378	Cooper  109	Hayes  101	Grace  176
9 pm	Kelly  389	Bourdain  175	Maddow  175	Dr. Drew  188
10 pm	Hannity  302	Lemon  132	O’Donnell  210	Files  170
11 pm	O’Reilly  254	Cooper  107	Hayes  108	Files  139
PRIME TIME	356	139	162	178
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  895	New Day  281	Morning Joe  386	Express  227
5 pm	The Five  1.964	Blitzer  428	Schultz  606	Files  128
6 pm	Baier  1.904	Blitzer/Crossfire  364/309	Sharpton  577	Files  166
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.563	Burnett  444	Matthews  785	Velez-Mitchell  266
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.537	Cooper  548	Hayes  584	Grace  485
9 pm	Kelly  2.378	Bourdain  519	Maddow  961	Dr. Drew  385
10 pm	Hannity  1.725	Lemon  431	O’Donnell  730	Files  371
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.243	Cooper  322	Hayes  430	Files  399
PRIME TIME	2.215	500	758	414
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data