Wednesday Cable Ratings: Don Lemon’s CNN Ft. Hood Special Report #1 in Demo at 10pm

During the 10pm hour Wednesday night, CNN’s Don Lemon-anchored live coverage of the Fort Hood shooting was #1 in the 25-54 demo with 509K viewers, beating Fox’s Hannity, which had 383K and MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, which came in at 153K. Hannity was #1 in total viewers during that hour with 1.843M, with CNN coming in second with 1.242M.

During the following 11pm hour, Lemon maintained his lead over Sean Hannity in the demo, 345K to 316K. Overall, during prime time, Fox was #1 with 446K in the demo and 2.157M viewers, while CNN came in second with 430K in the demo and 1.066M total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  279	New Day  135	Morning Joe  118	Express  85
5 pm	The Five  302	Blitzer  131	Schultz  103	Files  17
6 pm	Baier  272	Blitzer  243	Sharpton  146	Files  51
7 pm	Van Susteren  395	Burnett  326	Matthews  191	Velez-Mitchell  77
8 pm	Smith  460	Berman  381	Hayes  169	Grace  115
9 pm	Kelly  496	Blitzer  401	Maddow  175	Dr. Drew  113
10 pm	Hannity  383	Lemon  509	O’Donnell  153	Files  174
11 pm	Hannity  316	Lemon  345	Special Report  124	Files  185
PRIME TIME	446	430	166	134
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.060	New Day  376	Morning Joe  368	Express  183
5 pm	The Five  1.928	Blitzer  509	Schultz  551	Files  61
6 pm	Baier  1.892	Blitzer  667	Sharpton  548	Files  124
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.954	Burnett  873	Matthews  670	Velez-Mitchell  183
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.361	Berman  922	Hayes  596	Grace  308
9 pm	Kelly  2.256	Blitzer  1.033	Maddow  735	Dr. Drew  271
10 pm	Hannity  1.843	Lemon  1.242	O’Donnell  566	Files  291
11 pm	Hannity  1.297	Lemon  812	Special Report  318	Files  327
PRIME TIME	2.157	1.066	632	237
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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