Wednesday Cable Ratings: MSNBC’s Al Sharpton Last in Demo at 6PM

With just 49K viewers in the 25-54 demo, MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton came in third place at 6 p.m. ET behind Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier (296K) and CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (80K).
In total viewers, Al Sharpton came in second place during his time slot with 461K, beating Wolf Blitzer‘s 337K but trailing Bret Baier‘s 1.968M.
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
204 |
New Day
113 |
Morning Joe
75 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
273 |
Blitzer
110 |
Schultz
43 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
296 |
Blitzer
80 |
Sharpton
49 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
247 |
Burnett
120 |
Matthews
142 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
425 |
Cooper
173 |
Hayes
93 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
340 |
Bourdain
134 |
Maddow
164 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
291 |
Tonight
126 |
O’Donnell
126 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
262 |
Cooper
139 |
Hayes
85 |
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| PRIME TIME | 352 | 144 | 128 | |
| 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
932 |
New Day
324 |
Morning Joe
378 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
1.914 |
Blitzer
388 |
Schultz
430 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
1.968 |
Blitzer
337 |
Sharpton
461 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.524 |
Burnett
455 |
Matthews
607 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.307 |
Cooper
506 |
Hayes
430 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
1.977 |
Bourdain
319 |
Maddow
690 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
1.355 |
Tonight
328 |
O’Donnell
461 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
986 |
Cooper
357 |
Hayes
205 |
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| PRIME TIME | 1.881 | 385 | 527 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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