Not only did The Ed Show hit a new low of 30K viewers in the 25-54 demo on Wednesday, but MSNBC had its lowest total day ratings in close to 10 years with 49K average viewers in the demo over the course of the day. The last time MSNBC saw demo ratings this low was on July 20, 2005 when it had 45K in total day.
In primetime, MSNBC also came in third place with just 76K in the demo compared to 337K for Fox News and 196K for CNN.
Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 203 | New Day 161 | Morning Joe 67 | |
| 5 pm | The Five 282 | Blitzer 156 | Schultz 30 | |
| 6 pm | Baier 317 | Blitzer 170 | Sharpton 52 | |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 225 | Burnett 230 | Matthews 89 | |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 396 | Cooper 207 | Hayes 56 | |
| 9 pm | Kelly 313 | Cooper 189 | Maddow 99 | |
| 10 pm | Hannity 300 | Tonight 193 | O’Donnell 73 | |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 232 | Tonight 168 | Hayes 79 | |
| PRIME TIME | 337 | 196 | 76 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 940 | New Day 443 | Morning Joe 329 | |
| 5 pm | The Five 1.949 | Blitzer 691 | Schultz 394 | |
| 6 pm | Baier 1.958 | Blitzer 632 | Sharpton 403 | |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 1.558 | Burnett 657 | Matthews 510 | |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 2.301 | Cooper 634 | Hayes 305 | |
| 9 pm | Kelly 2.051 | Cooper 554 | Maddow 482 | |
| 10 pm | Hannity 1.460 | Tonight 556 | O’Donnell 280 | |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 805 | Tonight 435 | Hayes 220 | |
| PRIME TIME | 1.938 | 583 | 356 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||