Wednesday night, MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show came in first place in the 25-54 demo at 9pm, beating Fox News’ The Kelly File. Rachel Maddow had 384K in the demo, while Megyn Kelly had 305K. Kelly did come out ahead in total viewers with 2.187M to Maddow’s 1.174M.
Additionally, MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell beat Fox’s Hannity in the demo, 283K to 282K. Again, Fox won in total viewers at 10pm, with Sean Hannity pulling in 1.376M to Lawrence O’Donnell’s 953K.
Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 324 | New Day 101 | Morning Joe 123 | Express 138 |
| 5 pm | The Five 434 | Blitzer 102 | Schultz 148 | WWYD 24 |
| 6 pm | Baier 385 | Blitzer/Crossfire 119/107 | Sharpton 163 | WWYD 42 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 313 | Burnett 108 | Matthews 267 | Velez-Mitchell 75 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 446 | Cooper 151 | Hayes 292 | Grace 126 |
| 9 pm | Kelly 305 | Morgan 127 | Maddow 384 | Dr. Drew 117 |
| 10 pm | Hannity 282 | Cooper 122 | O’Donnell 283 | WWYD 87 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 242 | Burnett 93 | Hayes 143 | Showbiz 49 |
| PRIME TIME | 344 | 134 | 320 | 110 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 1.205 | New Day 227 | Morning Joe 360 | Express 223 |
| 5 pm | The Five 2.414 | Blitzer 464 | Schultz 627 | WWYD 69 |
| 6 pm | Baier 2.459 | Blitzer/Crossfire 422/299 | Sharpton 747 | WWYD 119 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 1.864 | Burnett 314 | Matthews 1.107 | Velez-Mitchell 193 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 3.025 | Cooper 554 | Hayes 931 | Grace 417 |
| 9 pm | Kelly 2.187 | Morgan 414 | Maddow 1.174 | Dr. Drew 371 |
| 10 pm | Hannity 1.376 | Cooper 357 | O’Donnell 953 | WWYD 231 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 1.103 | Burnett 248 | Hayes 409 | Showbiz 144 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.199 | 442 | 1.020 | 340 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||