Wednesday Ratings: Rachel Maddow Wins The Night At MSNBC
On Wednesday evening, Rachel Maddow beat all her MSNBC colleagues in both total viewers and the key 25-54 demo.
Racking up 504k in the demo, Maddow beat out her next-highest colleagues in Lawrence O’Donnell (439k) and Ed Schultz (371k).
Maddow’s 1.672M total viewers was again enough to beat out her next-highest-viewed colleagues O’Donnell (1.553M) and Schultz (1.336M).
Here are the rest of your Wednesday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
429 |
Blitzer
105 |
Matthews
237 |
Express
34 |
| 6 pm | Baier
386 |
Blitzer
122 |
Sharpton
308 |
Express 55 |
| 7 pm | Shep
372 |
Burnett
180 |
Matthews
354 |
Velez-Mitchell
101 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
726 |
Cooper
218 |
Schultz
371 |
Grace
137 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
530 |
Morgan
240 |
Maddow
504 |
Dr. Drew
85 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
445 |
Cooper
180 |
O’Donnell
439 |
Grace
107 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
442 |
Burnett
146 |
Schultz
266 |
Showbiz
96 |
| TOTAL DAY | 355 | 131 | 230 | 90 |
| PRIME TIME | 568 | 213 | 438 | 110 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
1.852 |
Blitzer
557 |
Matthews
1.206 |
Express 92 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.017 |
Blitzer
531 |
Sharpton
984 |
Express 158 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.860 |
Burnett
630 |
Matthews
1.053 |
Velez-Mitchell
323 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.471 |
Cooper
702 |
Schultz
1.336 |
Grace
447 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2.528 |
Morgan
627 |
Maddow
1.672 |
DrDrew
299 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2.214 |
Cooper
477 |
O’Donnell
1.553 |
Grace
282 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.511 |
Burnett
366 |
Schultz
824 |
Showbiz
293 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.531 | 425 | 803 | 247 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.478 | 602 | 1.521 | 343 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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