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