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) | ||||
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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) | ||||
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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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