Wednesday Ratings: The Five Beats All Shows (Except O’Reilly) On All Networks In The Demo

On Wednesday evening, during the 5 p.m. hour, Fox News’ The Five beat all shows (with the exception of The O’Reilly Factor) on all networks in the key 25-54 demo.

The Five‘s 498k viewers in the demo beat out its 5 p.m. competition in CNN’s Wolf Blitzer (137k) and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews (247k).

The show also defeated all of its fellow Fox News shows, except for Bill O’Reilly who racked up 620k in the demo.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  498	Blitzer  137	Matthews  247	Express  26
6 pm	Baier  443	Blitzer   136	Sharpton  218	Express  37
7 pm	Smith  406	Burnett  188	Matthews  276	VelezMitchell  78
8 pm	O’Reilly  620	Cooper  201	Schultz  341	Grace  190
9 pm	Hannity   443	Morgan  189	Maddow  420	Dr. Drew  150
10 pm	Van Susteren  416	Cooper   177	O’Donnell  388	Grace  94
11 pm	O’Reilly  375	Burnett  141	Schultz   274	Showbiz  51
TOTAL DAY	357	143	218	77
PRIME TIME	493	189	383	145
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.839	Blitzer  482	Matthews  828	Express  101
6 pm	Baier  1.986	Blitzer  358	Sharpton  771	Express  112
7 pm	Smith  1.743	Burnett  474	Matthews  902	VelezMitchell   195
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.125	Cooper  587	Schultz  1.160	Grace  434
9 pm	Hannity  2.251	Morgan  575	Maddow  1.289	Dr. Drew   325
10 pm	Van Susteren   2.206	Cooper  453	O’Donnell  1.320	Grace  243
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.457	Burnett  327	Schultz  667	Showbiz  155
TOTAL DAY	1.503	397	638	199
PRIME TIME	2.539	498	1.256	334
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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