The 6 p.m. hour of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer was the highest-rated program across CNN’s schedule on Wednesday in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. In the demo, the The Situation Room also beat every show on MSNBC.
Wolf Blitzer‘s 6 p.m. show had 238K in the demo, beating the entire primetime lineup on both CNN and MSNBC, but losing to Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier (344K) in the time slot.
In total viewers, Blitzer 609K, coming in second place at 6 p.m. behind Bret Baier (2.274M) but ahead of PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (547K).
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
249 |
New Day
117 |
Morning Joe
104 |
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5 pm | The Five
401 |
Blitzer
186 |
Schultz
63 |
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6 pm | Baier
344 |
Blitzer
238 |
Sharpton
107 |
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7 pm | Van Susteren
342 |
Burnett
227 |
Matthews
134 |
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8 pm | O’Reilly
557 |
Cooper
221 |
Hayes
125 |
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9 pm | Kelly
409 |
Bourdain
151 |
Maddow
179 |
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10 pm | Hannity
308 |
Tonight
181 |
O’Donnell
143 |
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11 pm | O’Reilly
255 |
Cooper
203 |
Hayes
98 |
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PRIME TIME | 425 | 185 | 150 | |
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
1.014 |
New Day
337 |
Morning Joe
373 |
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5 pm | The Five
2.274 |
Blitzer
606 |
Schultz
454 |
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6 pm | Baier
2.190 |
Blitzer
609 |
Sharpton
547 |
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7 pm | Van Susteren
1.967 |
Burnett
595 |
Matthews
772 |
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8 pm | O’Reilly
3.059 |
Cooper
542 |
Hayes
610 |
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9 pm | Kelly
2.694 |
Bourdain
383 |
Maddow
880 |
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10 pm | Hannity
1.599 |
Tonight
400 |
O’Donnell
606 |
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11 pm | O’Reilly
1.019 |
Cooper
365 |
Hayes
254 |
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PRIME TIME | 2.453 | 442 | 699 | |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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