Wednesday Cable News Ratings: Fox #1, CNN #2, MSNBC #3 in Primetime Demo During Shutdown Vote

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)
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)
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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