CNN’s ratings in the 25-54 demo during primetime dropped to an average of just 81K Wednesday night, putting the network in last place behind Fox, MSNBC and HLN. With 88K viewers in the demo, Anderson Cooper 360 led off CNN at 8 p.m., followed by CNN Tonight with Bill Weir, which had 71K and CNN Special Report with Don Lemon, which had 83K. Just last Wednesday, CNN was averaging more than double those numbers with 170K in the demo.
Fox News led the primetime demo with 277K, followed by MSNBC with 140K and HLN with 90K. In total viewers, CNN came in third place with 384K during primetime. Fox was #1 with 1.653M and MSNBC was second 614K. HLN came in last in total viewers with 277K.
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
226 |
New Day
77 |
Morning Joe
99 |
Express
94 |
| 5 pm | The Five
312 |
Blitzer
110 |
Schultz
122 |
Detective
15 |
| 6 pm | Baier
349 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
96/81 |
Sharpton
117 |
Detective
27 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
277 |
Burnett
77 |
Matthews
155 |
Velez-Mitchell
79 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
291 |
Cooper
88 |
Hayes
117 |
Grace
90 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
297 |
Weir
71 |
Maddow
166 |
Dr. Drew
78 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
235 |
Lemon
83 |
O’Donnell
136 |
Files
102 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
292 |
Cooper
109 |
Hayes
73 |
Files
235 |
| PRIME TIME | 277 | 81 | 140 | 90 |
| 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
938 |
New Day
292 |
Morning Joe
322 |
Express
207 |
| 5 pm | The Five
1.724 |
Blitzer
456 |
Schultz
481 |
Detective
50 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.778 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
421/311 |
Sharpton
556 |
Detective
107 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.536 |
Burnett
298 |
Matthews
710 |
Velez-Mitchell
217 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
1.911 |
Cooper
438 |
Hayes
540 |
Grace
335 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
1.812 |
Weir
342 |
Maddow
728 |
Dr. Drew
249 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.211 |
Lemon
371 |
O’Donnell
573 |
Files
247 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
986 |
Cooper
342 |
Hayes
285 |
Files
459 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.653 | 384 | 614 | 277 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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