With 82K viewers in the 25-54 demo, MSNBC’s The Ed Show was the only cable news program with less than 100K between the hours of 5 p.m. and midnight on Wednesday. During his 5 p.m. time slot, Ed Schultz came in third place in the demo behind Fox News’ The Five (225K) and CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (165K).
In total viewers, Schultz came in second with 623K, behind The Five’s 1.776M and ahead of Wolf Blitzer’s 606K.
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
210 |
New Day
92 |
Morning Joe
106 |
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5 pm | The Five
225 |
Blitzer
165 |
Schultz
82 |
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6 pm | Baier
191 |
Blitzer
142 |
Sharpton
114 |
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7 pm | Van Susteren
209 |
Burnett
127 |
Matthews
153 |
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8 pm | O’Reilly
376 |
Cooper
193 |
Hayes
157 |
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9 pm | Kelly
301 |
Cooper
216 |
Maddow
212 |
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10 pm | Hannity
242 |
Tonight
179 |
O’Donnell
138 |
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11 pm | O’Reilly
250 |
Cooper
141 |
Hayes
80 |
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PRIME TIME | 306 | 196 | 169 | |
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
922 |
New Day
343 |
Morning Joe
463 |
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5 pm | The Five
1.776 |
Blitzer
606 |
Schultz
623 |
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6 pm | Baier
1.867 |
Blitzer
477 |
Sharpton
549 |
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7 pm | Van Susteren
1.530 |
Burnett
451 |
Matthews
673 |
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8 pm | O’Reilly
2.527 |
Cooper
680 |
Hayes
593 |
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9 pm | Kelly
2.098 |
Cooper
639 |
Maddow
972 |
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10 pm | Hannity
1.479 |
Tonight
581 |
O’Donnell
668 |
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11 pm | O’Reilly
1.108 |
Cooper
396 |
Hayes
340 |
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PRIME TIME | 2.037 | 633 | 744 | |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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