Wednesday Ratings: MSNBC Comes In 4th Place In Demo, Total Day And Prime Time

MSNBC came in 4th place Wednesday night, behind Fox News, HLN and CNN in the 25-54 demo overall as well as total viewers for total day. In the demo, MSNBC had 120K total day and 188K prime time viewers. In total viewers, MSNBC had 409K total day and 622K prime time, beating CNN’s 611K.

At 9pm, HLN’s Dr. Drew beat MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, which came in 3rd place in the demo and total viewers ahead of CNN’s Piers Morgan Live.

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and Lawrence O’Donnell both came in 4th place at 8 and 10pm respectively in all catergories, behind 3rd place CNN.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  409	Blitzer  182	Matthews  89	Express  313
6 pm	Baier  402	Blitzer  160	Sharpton  136	Express  379
7 pm	Smith  369	Burnett  138	Matthews  124	Velez-Mitchell  423
8 pm	O’Reilly  588	Cooper  188	Hayes  133	Grace  370
9 pm	Hannity  460	Morgan  203	Maddow  262	Dr. Drew  269
10 pm	Van Susteren  316	Cooper  213	O’Donnell  171	After Dark  215
11 pm	O’Reilly  351	Burnett  128	Hayes  95	After Dark  163
TOTAL DAY	297	167	120	262
PRIME TIME	454	201	188	285
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  2.386	Blitzer  722	Matthews  553	Express  1.310
6 pm	Baier  2.563	Blitzer  548	Sharpton  575	Express  1.262
7 pm	Smith  1.787	Burnett  498	Matthews  544	Velez-Mitchell  1.198
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.287	Cooper  570	Hayes  506	Grace  1.085
9 pm	Hannity  2.601	Morgan  628	Maddow  769	Dr. Drew  859
10 pm	Van Susteren  2.162	Cooper  633	O’Donnell  593	After Dark  671
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.526	Burnett  304	Hayes  273	After Dark  610
TOTAL DAY	1.676	498	409	839
PRIME TIME	2.695	611	622	872
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data