
During the 5 p.m. ET time slot Wednesday night, MSNBC’s The Ed Show came in last place in the 25-54 demo with just 51K viewers. That was behind Fox News’ The Five with 259K, CNN’s The Situation Room with 133K and HLN’s What Would You Do? with 53K. Ed Schultz was also the lowest-rated show across MSNBC’s schedule.
In total viewers, Schultz came in third place with 403K behind The Five’s 2.258M and Wolf Blitzer’s 492K.
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
239 |
New Day
108 |
Morning Joe
103 |
Express
148 |
| 5 pm | The Five
259 |
Blitzer
133 |
Schultz
51 |
WWYD
53 |
| 6 pm | Baier
256 |
Blitzer
182 |
Sharpton
79 |
Files
67 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
256 |
Burnett
170 |
Matthews
144 |
Special Report
35 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
436 |
Cooper
234 |
Hayes
108 |
Grace
92 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
415 |
Rowe
197 |
Maddow
124 |
Dr. Drew
83 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
230 |
Tonight
86 |
O’Donnell
118 |
Files
173 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
300 |
Cooper
61 |
Hayes
76 |
Files
283 |
| PRIME TIME | 361 | 172 | 117 | 116 |
| 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
1.096 |
New Day
320 |
Morning Joe
400 |
Express
349 |
| 5 pm | The Five
2.258 |
Blitzer
492 |
Schultz
403 |
WWYD
124 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.486 |
Blitzer
501 |
Sharpton
479 |
Files
217 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
2.113 |
Burnett
481 |
Matthews
782 |
Special Report
110 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.077 |
Cooper
519 |
Hayes
637 |
Grace
315 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
2.423 |
Rowe
485 |
Maddow
897 |
Dr. Drew
201 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.425 |
Tonight
351 |
O’Donnell
556 |
Files
524 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.109 |
Coopert
266 |
Hayes
257 |
Files
661 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.309 | 452 | 697 | 347 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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