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