Wednesday Cable Ratings: Trump Interview Causes Big Spike for CNN

With a Chris Cuomo-hosted hour-long interview during the 9 p.m. hour Wednesday night, Donald Trump helped CNN boost its ratings compared to the rest of the primetime schedule, but it still wasn’t enough to beat Fox News.

CNN’s Trump special came in second place at 9 p.m. with 369K in the 25-54 demo and 1.144M total viewers. Fox News’ The Kelly File, with guest-host Martha MacCallum (who didn’t have a Trump interview), remained solidly in first place with 513K in the demo and 2.558M total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  186	New Day  80	Morning Joe  99
5 pm	The Five  232	Blitzer  123	MSNBC Live  47
6 pm	Baier  267	Blitzer  149	Sharpton  80
7 pm	Van Susteren  293	Burnett  204	Matthews  171
8 pm	O’Reilly  574	Cooper  259	Hayes  172
9 pm	Kelly  513	Special  369	Maddow  174
10 pm	Hannity  545	Lemon  265	O’Donnell  131
11 pm	O’Reilly  359	Cooper  191	Hayes  93
PRIME TIME	544	298	159
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  901	New Day  323	Morning Joe  404
5 pm	The Five  1.861	Blitzer  467	MSNBC Live  470
6 pm	Baier  1.975	Blitzer  533	Sharpton  532
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.969	Burnett  570	Matthews  1.000
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.083	Cooper  843	Hayes  856
9 pm	Kelly  2.558	Special  1.144	Maddow  968
10 pm	Hannity  2.034	Lemon  770	O’Donnell  808
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.243	Cooper  510	Hayes  372
PRIME TIME	2.558	919	878
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data