Wednesday Ratings: HLN Beats CNN And MSNBC In Demo From 5P-8P

On Wednesday night, during the 5-8pm ET hours, HLN beat CNN and MSNBC in key 25-54 demo viewership.

During the 5pm hour, HLN’s Express racked up 197k, beating out MSNBC’s 163k and CNN’s 108k. That pattern continued all the way through the 8pm hour, in which HLN’s Nancy Grace achieved 249k demo viewers, beating out MSNBC’s Ed Schultz (192k) and CNN’s Anderson Cooper (99k).

During those same hours, HLN also beat CNN in total viewership. However, at 8pm, MSNBC managed to outdo HLN in total.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  318	Blitzer  108	Matthews  163	Express  197
6 pm	Baier  257	Blitzer  117	Sharpton  190	Express  205
7 pm	Shep  223	Burnett  65	Matthews  204	Velez-Mitchell  235
8 pm	O’Reilly  387	Cooper  99	Schultz  192	Grace  249
9 pm	Hannity  336	Morgan  93	Maddow  270	Dr. Drew  175
10 pm	Van Susteren  260	Cooper  128	O’Donnell  209	Grace  127
11 pm	O’Reilly  276	Burnett  112	Schultz  143	Showbiz  102
TOTAL DAY	218	91	118	124
PRIME TIME	327	107	223	184
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.962	Blitzer  430	Matthews  786	Express  843
6 pm	Baier  1.912	Blitzer  383	Sharpton  702	Express  817
7 pm	Smith  1.676	Burnett  308	Matthews  751	Velez-Mitchell  776
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.987	Cooper  377	Schultz  803	Grace  733
9 pm	Hannity  2.077	Morgan  471	Maddow  1.019	Dr. Drew  576
10 pm	Greta  1.589	Cooper  524	O’Donnell  773	Grace  368
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.261	Burnett  301	Schultz  462	Showbiz  301
TOTAL DAY	1.218	337	447	374
PRIME TIME	2.224	458	865	559
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data