Wednesday Cable Ratings: Fox’s O’Reilly #1 with 4 Million Total Viewers

 

After dominating the cable news ratings on Election Night, Fox News once again put up stronger-than-usual numbers on Wednesday with Bill O’Reilly leading the way with 785K in the 25-54 demo and 4.096M total viewers at 8 p.m.

Overall, Fox averaged 666K in the demo and 3.274M total in primetime. By comparison, MSNBC came in second with 214K in the demo and 786K total and CNN was third with 124K in the demo and 393K total.


Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
6 – 9 am Fox & Friends 

384

New Day 

117

Morning Joe 

106

Express 

107

5 pm The Five 

482

Blitzer 

144

Schultz 

78

WWYD 

70

6 pm Baier 

584

Blitzer 

160

Sharpton 

89

Files 

36

7 pm Van Susteren 

545

Burnett 

94

Matthews 

166

Files 

107

8 pm O’Reilly 

785

Cooper 

102

Hayes 

194

Grace 

131

9 pm Kelly 

703

Cooper 

155

Maddow 

257

Dr. Drew 

59

10 pm Hannity 

511

Election 

117

O’Donnell 

190

Files 

129

11 pm O’Reilly 

395

Election 

66

Hayes 

124

Files 

169

PRIME TIME 666 124 214 106
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

 

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
6 – 9 am Fox & Friends 

1.856

New Day 

407

Morning Joe 

441

Express 

200

5 pm The Five 

3.026

Blitzer 

449

Schultz 

618

WWYD 

118

6 pm Baier 

3.231

Blitzer 

392

Sharpton 

527

Files 

93

7 pm Van Susteren 

2.976

Burnett 

340

Matthews 

818

Files 

222

8 pm O’Reilly 

4.096

Cooper 

370

Hayes 

720

Grace 

348

9 pm Kelly 

3.435

Cooper 

431

Maddow 

945

Dr. Drew 

240

10 pm Hannity 

2.286

Election 

379

O’Donnell 

692

Files 

270

11 pm O’Reilly 

1.590

Election 

268

Hayes 

325

Files 

390

PRIME TIME 3.274 393 786 286
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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