With 113K in the 25-54 demo and 565K total viewers, Hardball with Chris Matthews was the highest rated show across MSNBC’s schedule Wednesday, outpacing the primetime lineup in both categories. During the 7 p.m. time slot, Chris Matthews came in third place in the demo behind Fox News’ On the Record with Greta Van Susteren and Erin Burnett OutFront and second place in total viewers ahead of CNN.
Similarly, MSNBC came in third place in the demo in primetime with 99K viewers and second place in total viewers with 478K.
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
188 |
New Day
107 |
Morning Joe
53 |
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5 pm | The Five
327 |
Blitzer
127 |
Schultz
48 |
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6 pm | Baier
319 |
Blitzer
114 |
Sharpton
87 |
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7 pm | Van Susteren
256 |
Burnett
129 |
Matthews
113 |
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8 pm | O’Reilly
440 |
Cooper
162 |
Hayes
92 |
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9 pm | Kelly
399 |
Bourdain
121 |
Maddow
104 |
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10 pm | Hannity
212 |
Tonight
114 |
O’Donnell
99 |
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11 pm | O’Reilly
185 |
Cooper
110 |
Hayes
49 |
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PRIME TIME | 351 | 132 | 99 | |
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
899 |
New Day
306 |
Morning Joe
362 |
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5 pm | The Five
1.979 |
Blitzer
523 |
Schultz
439 |
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6 pm | Baier
1.878 |
Blitzer
457 |
Sharpton
473 |
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7 pm | Van Susteren
1.409 |
Burnett
452 |
Matthews
565 |
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8 pm | O’Reilly
2.322 |
Cooper
491 |
Hayes
495 |
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9 pm | Kelly
2.088 |
Bourdain
362 |
Maddow
511 |
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10 pm | Hannity
1.257 |
Tonight
377 |
O’Donnell
427 |
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11 pm | O’Reilly
939 |
Cooper
342 |
Hayes
204 |
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PRIME TIME | 1.889 | 410 | 478 | |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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