With just 80K viewers in the 25-54 demo Wednesday morning, MSNBC’s Morning Joe came in fourth place in the ratings, behind Fox News’ Fox & Friends (283K), CNN’s New Day (124K) and HLN’s Morning Express (92K).
In addition, the 6 a.m. hour of New Day averaged 140K viewers in the demo, which was higher than any hour of the day on MSNBC, including primetime programs like The Rachel Maddow Show, which had 124K in the demo.
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
283 |
New Day
124 |
Morning Joe
80 |
Express
92 |
5 pm | The Five
273 |
Blitzer
128 |
Schultz
71 |
Files
16 |
6 pm | Baier
302 |
Blitzer
142 |
Sharpton
123 |
Files
40 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
258 |
Burnett
147 |
Matthews
128 |
Velez-Mitchell
54 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
447 |
Cooper
167 |
Hayes
92 |
Grace
60 |
9 pm | Kelly
415 |
Cooper
167 |
Maddow
124 |
Dr. Drew
60 |
10 pm | Hannity
339 |
Tonight
140 |
O’Donnell
110 |
Files
97 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
293 |
Cooper
152 |
Hayes
64 |
Files
161 |
PRIME TIME | 401 | 159 | 111 | 73 |
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
1.101 |
New Day
366 |
Morning Joe
333 |
Express
206 |
5 pm | The Five
2.048 |
Blitzer
710 |
Schultz
499 |
Files
66 |
6 pm | Baier
2.081 |
Blitzer
479 |
Sharpton
528 |
Files
128 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
1.789 |
Burnett
459 |
Matthews
656 |
Velez-Mitchell
182 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.561 |
Cooper
518 |
Hayes
525 |
Grace
332 |
9 pm | Kelly
2.254 |
Cooper
420 |
Maddow
697 |
Dr. Drew
209 |
10 pm | Hannity
1.743 |
Tonight
353 |
O’Donnell
567 |
Files
276 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.127 |
Cooper
362 |
Hayes
295 |
Files
414 |
PRIME TIME | 2.195 | 430 | 598 | 272 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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