Fox News was the highest rated cable news network in primetime Wednesday night during the last-minute votes in the House and Senate to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. Fox averaged 489K viewers in the 25-54 demo, while CNN was second with 375K and MSNBC was third with 338K.
In total viewers, Fox was #1 with 2.212M, MSNBC was second with 1.361M and CNN was third with 1.272M.
Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
248 |
New Day
140 |
Morning Joe
145 |
Express
108 |
| 5 pm | The Five
435 |
Blitzer
272 |
Schultz
171 |
Express
22 |
| 6 pm | Baier
392 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
308/306 |
Sharpton
202 |
Express
26 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
390 |
Burnett
395 |
Matthews
258 |
Velez-Mitchell
67 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly/Baier
521/534 |
Cooper
466 |
Hayes
275 |
Grace
131 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
483 |
Morgan
302 |
Maddow
366 |
Dr. Drew
104 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
455 |
Cooper
356 |
O’Donnell
373 |
After Dark
50 |
| 11 pm | Baier
446 |
Tapper
275 |
Hayes
231 |
Showbiz
62 |
| PRIME TIME | 489 | 375 | 338 | 95 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
1.101 |
New Day
360 |
Morning Joe
568 |
Express
206 |
| 5 pm | The Five
2.184 |
Blitzer
1.013 |
Schultz
1.005 |
Express
97 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.178 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
1.012/836 |
Sharpton
893 |
Express
110 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.732 |
Burnett
1.115 |
Matthews
1.319 |
Velez-Mitchell
217 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly/Baier
2.865/2.523 |
Cooper
1.587 |
Hayes
1.199 |
Grace
335 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
2.040 |
Morgan
1.135 |
Maddow
1.444 |
Dr. Drew
328 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.935 |
Cooper
1.092 |
O’Donnell
1.440 |
After Dark
207 |
| 11 pm | Baier
1.530 |
Tapper
796 |
Hayes
788 |
Showbiz
216 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.212 | 1.272 | 1.361 | 290 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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