After two strong nights of exclusive interviews with participants in the George Zimmerman trial, CNN dropped to 3rd place in the prime time cable news ratings Wednesday night in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. Fox News was #1 with 416K in the demo and 2.197M total. MSNBC was second with 241K in the demo and 734K total. And CNN was third with 219K in the demo and 575K total.
On Fox, The O’Reilly Factor led the night with 491K in the demo and 2.990M total viewers. For MSNBC, Lawrence O’Donnell had the highest demo rating with 281K while Al Sharpton, who aired an extended interview with Rachel Jeantel, had the highest total rating with 850K. And, on CNN, Anderson Cooper‘s 8pm broadcast had the highest demo rating with 228K while Piers Morgan had the highest total rating with 625K at 9pm.
Here are the rest of your Wednesday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
255 |
Blitzer
161 |
Matthews
103 |
Express
104 |
| 6 pm | Baier
259 |
Blitzer
130 |
Sharpton
226 |
Express
113 |
| 7 pm | Smith
258 |
Burnett
159 |
Matthews
177 |
Velez-Mitchell
158 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
491 |
Cooper
228 |
Hayes
195 |
Grace
213 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
439 |
Morgan
209 |
Maddow
246 |
Dr. Drew
199 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
317 |
Cooper
220 |
O’Donnell
281 |
After Dark
151 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
336 |
Cooper
217 |
Hayes
128 |
Showbiz
95 |
| TOTAL DAY | 251 | 162 | 124 | 97 |
| PRIME TIME | 416 | 219 | 241 | 188 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
1.986 |
Blitzer
532 |
Matthews
637 |
Express
239 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.858 |
Blitzer
418 |
Sharpton
850 |
Express
248 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.553 |
Burnett
440 |
Matthews
641 |
Velez-Mitchell
347 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.990 |
Cooper
592 |
Hayes
633 |
Grace
468 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2.087 |
Morgan
625 |
Maddow
779 |
Dr. Drew
474 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1.497 |
Cooper
507 |
O’Donnell
789 |
After Dark
335 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.281 |
Cooper
536 |
Hayes
331 |
Showbiz
255 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.234 | 430 | 393 | 248 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.197 | 575 | 734 | 426 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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