Wednesday Cable Ratings: O’Reilly Loses to Kelly and Hannity in Demo

Perennial cable news frontrunner Bill O’Reilly came in third place in the 25-54 demo Wednesday night, behind his Fox News colleagues Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity. The Kelly File at 9 p.m. was #1 with 407K viewers, followed by Hannity at 10 p.m. with 389K and then The O’Reilly Factor at 8 p.m. with 384K.

In total viewers, O’Reilly held on to his #1 spot, averaging 2.778M during his hour. Kelly came in second 2.624M and Hannity trailed those shows and others from earlier in the afternoon with 1.726M.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  177	New Day  106	Morning Joe  65
5 pm	The Five  300	Blitzer  120	Schultz  50
6 pm	Baier  360	Blitzer  156	Sharpton  77
7 pm	Van Susteren  253	Burnett  154	Matthews  139
8 pm	O’Reilly  384	Cooper  206	Hayes  106
9 pm	Kelly  407	Bourdain  216	Maddow  159
10 pm	Hannity  389	Tonight  197	O’Donnell  123
11 pm	O’Reilly  297	Cooper  125	Hayes  81
PRIME TIME	393	206	130
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  756	New Day  271	Morning Joe  326
5 pm	The Five  1.816	Blitzer  495	Schultz  453
6 pm	Baier  1.962	Blitzer  535	Sharpton  448
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.737	Burnett  498	Matthews  683
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.778	Cooper  506	Hayes  514
9 pm	Kelly  2.624	Bourdain  506	Maddow  815
10 pm	Hannity  1.726	Tonight  497	O’Donnell  612
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.002	Cooper  343	Hayes  309
PRIME TIME	2.379	504	647
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data