Wednesday Cable Ratings: MSNBC’s Sharpton Last in Demo with 49K

With 49K viewers in the 25-54 demo Wednesday evening, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton was not only the lowest rated show in its time slot, but also across all shows on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. At 6 p.m., Fox’s Special Report with Bret Baier was #1 with 309K in the demo, followed by CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer with 102K and HLN’s Forensic Files with 74K.

In total viewers, Al Sharpton came in second place during his time slot with 473K, ahead of CNN and HLN, but behind Fox News.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  318	Blitzer  78	Schultz  56	Files  35
6 pm	Baier  309	Blitzer  102	Sharpton  49	Files  74
7 pm	Van Susteren  373	Burnett  79	Matthews  96	Velez-Mitchell  66
8 pm	O’Reilly  526	Cooper  108	Hayes  164	Grace  198
9 pm	Kelly  428	Bourdain  98	Maddow  165	Dr. Drew  173
10 pm	Hannity  260	Bourdain  158	O’Donnell  165	Files  91
11 pm	O’Reilly  267	Bourdain  140	Hayes  89	Files  168
PRIME TIME	405	121	165	154
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  2.058	Blitzer  416	Schultz  546	Files  125
6 pm	Baier  1.744	Blitzer  342	Sharpton  473	Files  168
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.696	Burnett  332	Matthews  634	Velez-Mitchell  161
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.676	Cooper  405	Hayes  707	Grace  418
9 pm	Kelly  2.300	Bourdain  334	Maddow  886	Dr. Drew  346
10 pm	Hannity  1.515	Bourdain  338	O’Donnell  746	Files  333
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.094	Bourdain  279	Hayes  320	Files  429
PRIME TIME	2.166	359	780	366
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data