Wednesday Ratings: Piers Morgan Tops CNN In Total Viewers

On Wednesday night, Piers Morgan topped CNN in total viewers. In the demo, he came in second with colleague Anderson Cooper taking the number-one spot.

Elsewhere, Rachel Maddow won the night at MSNBC, in both demo and total viewers. Over at Fox News, Sean Hannity surpassed Bill O’Reilly to bring in the network’s highest ratings in the demo. O’Reilly, however, was back on top in total viewers (with Hannity in second place).

Here are the rest of your Wednesday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  601	Blitzer  271	Matthews  364	Express  102
6 pm	Baier  643	Blitzer  278	Sharpton  362	Express   107
7 pm	Shep  622	Burnett  235	Matthews  439	Velez-Mitchell  70
8 pm	O’Reilly  875	Cooper  350	Schultz  541	Grace  107
9 pm	Hannity  954	Morgan  355	Maddow  630	Dr. Drew  105
10 pm	Van Susteren  730	Cooper  444	O’Donnell  621	Sandy  78
11 pm	O’Reilly  572	Burnett  261	Schultz  385	Sandy  —
TOTAL DAY	501	244	321	90
PRIME TIME	853	383	597	104
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  2.660	Blitzer  1.019	Matthews  1.466	Express   309
6 pm	Baier  2.951	Blitzer  765	Sharpton  1.293	Express   217
7 pm	Smith  2.660	Burnett  728	Matthews  1.305	Velez-Mitchell  198
8 pm	O’Reilly  4.469	Cooper  1.097	Schultz  1.788	Grace  296
9 pm	Hannity  3.981	Morgan  1.327	Maddow  1.891	DrDrew  333
10 pm	Greta  3.257	Cooper  1.212	O’Donnell  1.790	Sandy  253
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.891	Burnett  733	Schultz  953	Sandy  —
TOTAL DAY	2.188	793	922	262
PRIME TIME	3.910	1.213	1.823	324
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data