Wednesday Cable News Ratings: Matthews #1 in Total, Ties Maddow for #1 in Demo on MSNBC

On day two of the government shutdown, Hardball with Chris Matthews had the highest number of total viewers across MSNBC’s schedule. Additionally, Matthews tied Rachel Maddow for the #1 spot in the 25-54 demo on the network. With 322K viewers in the demo, Matthews beat Fox’s Studio B (284K) and CNN’s Out Front with Erin Burnett (272K). Shepard Smith was off last night.

Matthews had 1.410M total viewers during his 7pm hour, making his the most-watched show on MSNBC. Maddow was second with 1.210M.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  312	New Day  132	Morning Joe  178	Express  89
5 pm	The Five  347	Blitzer  208	Schultz  214	Express  55
6 pm	Baier  338	Blitzer/Crossfire  234/238	Sharpton  222	Express  76
7 pm	Smith  284	Burnett  272	Matthews  322	Velez-Mitchell  81
8 pm	O’Reilly  545	Cooper  233	Hayes  292	Grace  81
9 pm	Hannity  425	Morgan  176	Maddow  322	Dr. Drew  91
10 pm	Van Susteren  376	Cooper  231	O’Donnell  262	After Dark  57
11 pm	O’Reilly  458	Tapper/Crossfire  201/192	Hayes  105	Showbiz  55
PRIME TIME	448	213	293	76
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.273	New Day  355	Morning Joe  575	Express  174
5 pm	The Five  1.997	Blitzer  854	Schultz  967	Express  141
6 pm	Baier  1.947	Blitzer/Crossfire  911/717	Sharpton  969	Express  216
7 pm	Smith  1.813	Burnett  898	Matthews  1.410	Velez-Mitchell  194
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.163	Cooper  808	Hayes  1.126	Grace  287
9 pm	Hannity  2.026	Morgan  798	Maddow  1.210	Dr. Drew  312
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.649	Cooper  658	O’Donnell  967	After Dark  219
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.453	Tapper/Crossfire  513/506	Hayes  483	Showbiz  214
PRIME TIME	2.283	755	1.103	273
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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