With just 64K viewers in the 25-54 demo Wednesday afternoon, The Ed Show on MSNBC was the lowest-rated show across all of cable news. At 436K in the demo, Fox’s #1 The O’Reilly Factor had nearly seven times the viewers that Ed Schultz did.

In total viewers, Schultz came in third place in his 5 p.m. time slot with 496K, behind Fox’s The Five (2.074M) and CNN’s The Situation Room (670K) but ahead of HLN’s Forensic Files (116K)

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  231	New Day  109	Morning Joe  83	Express  94
5 pm	The Five  254	Blitzer  138	Schultz  64	Files  66
6 pm	Baier  211	Blitzer  125	Sharpton  86	Files  104
7 pm	Van Susteren  237	Burnett  179	Matthews  128	Velez-Mitchell  75
8 pm	O’Reilly  436	Cooper  157	Hayes  129	Grace  172
9 pm	Kelly  429	Cooper  132	Maddow  207	Dr. Drew  138
10 pm	Hannity  380	Lemon  204	O’Donnell  147	Files  147
11 pm	O’Reilly  245	Cooper  174	Hayes  81	Files  159
PRIME TIME	415	164	161	152
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  984	New Day  339	Morning Joe  305	Express  172
5 pm	The Five  2.074	Blitzer  670	Schultz  496	Files  116
6 pm	Baier  1.949	Blitzer  522	Sharpton  458	Files  179
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.632	Burnett  520	Matthews  677	Velez-Mitchell  143
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.758	Cooper  604	Hayes  675	Grace  456
9 pm	Kelly  2.365	Cooper  520	Maddow  835	Dr. Drew  359
10 pm	Hannity  1.839	Lemon  468	O’Donnell  632	Files  340
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.234	Cooper  406	Hayes  296	Files  414
PRIME TIME	2.321	531	714	385
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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