With 705K viewers in the 25-54 demo Wednesday night, Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor more than doubled almost every other primetime program except for The Kelly File, which came in second overall with 482K, as well as On the Record with Greta Van Susteren (419K) and The Five (357K).
Bill O’Reilly did not address his current controversy on the show, but still managed to get his highest demo rating of 2015 so far. O’Reilly also came in first in total viewers with 3.084M and was the only cable news show to top 3 million for the night.
Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 223 | New Day 83 | Morning Joe 93 | |
| 5 pm | The Five 357 | Blitzer 172 | Schultz 58 | |
| 6 pm | Baier 324 | Blitzer 189 | Sharpton 65 | |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 419 | Burnett 198 | Matthews 129 | |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 705 | Cooper 162 | Obama Town Hall 129 | |
| 9 pm | Kelly 482 | Bourdain 132 | Maddow 122 | |
| 10 pm | Hannity 336 | Tonight 159 | O’Donnell 116 | |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 253 | Cooper 117 | Obama Town Hall 99 | |
| PRIME TIME | 512 | 151 | 122 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 1.038 | New Day 300 | Morning Joe 423 | |
| 5 pm | The Five 2.333 | Blitzer 629 | Schultz 425 | |
| 6 pm | Baier 2.311 | Blitzer 556 | Sharpton 521 | |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 2.109 | Burnett 589 | Matthews 832 | |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 3.084 | Cooper 535 | Obama Town Hall 907 | |
| 9 pm | Kelly 2.289 | Bourdain 330 | Maddow 902 | |
| 10 pm | Hannity 1.503 | Tonight 362 | O’Donnell 717 | |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 975 | Cooper 278 | Obama Town Hall 406 | |
| PRIME TIME | 2.298 | 409 | 844 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||