Wednesday Ratings: Lawrence O’Donnell Tops MSNBC, CNN, HLN In Demo

On Wednesday night, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell topped his network, as well as CNN and HLN, in the demo. In total viewers, he came in second behind Rachel Maddow — who’s had a strong grip on the top spot at network.

Elsewhere, Piers Morgan drew CNN’s highest ratings in the demo, falling to second place behind Wolf Blitzer in total viewers. At Fox News, Bill O’Reilly was number one in both demo and total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  434	Blitzer  130	Matthews  251	Express  45
6 pm	Baier  562	Blitzer  157	Sharpton  353	Express   53
7 pm	Shep  541	Burnett  165	Matthews  441	Velez-Mitchell  102
8 pm	O’Reilly  883	Cooper  133	Schultz  522	Grace  119
9 pm	Hannity  864	Morgan  177	Maddow  617	Dr. Drew  94
10 pm	Van Susteren  680	Cooper  170	O’Donnell  622	Grace  86
11 pm	O’Reilly  498	Burnett  149	Schultz  276	Showbiz  96
TOTAL DAY	449	127	266	87
PRIME TIME	809	160	587	100
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  2.396	Blitzer  578	Matthews  1.160	Express   136
6 pm	Baier  2.678	Blitzer  505	Sharpton  1.116	Express   163
7 pm	Smith  2.293	Burnett  525	Matthews  1.279	Velez-Mitchell  276
8 pm	O’Reilly  4.147	Cooper  559	Schultz  1.562	Grace  475
9 pm	Hannity  3.535	Morgan  565	Maddow  1.719	DrDrew  329
10 pm	Greta  3.054	Cooper  480	O’Donnell  1.686	Grace  270
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.684	Burnett  389	Schultz  814	Showbiz  211
TOTAL DAY	2.003	409	819	244
PRIME TIME	3.587	535	1.656	358
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data