Wednesday evening, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow beat everyone on cable news in the key 25-54 demo, save for Fox’s Bill O’Reilly.
Maddow’s 394k demo viewership was enough to beat everyone on all cable news networks, except for O’Reilly who scored 537k in the demo. In total viewership, however, Maddow’s (1.38M) was not enough to beat out Fox hosts O’Reilly (3.04M), Sean Hannity (1.86M), and Greta Van Susteren (1.42M).
Elsewhere on cable news, Anderson Cooper continued his victorious streak, defeating all his 10 p.m. timeslot competitors in the key demo. His 330k demo viewers beat out MSNBC’s O’Donnell (293k) and Fox’s Van Susteren (139k).
Here are the rest of your Wednesday night ratings:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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5 pm | The5
341 |
Blitzer
130 |
Matthews
223 |
Express
35 |
6 pm | Baier
306 |
Blitzer
129 |
Sharpton
175 |
Express
93 |
7 pm | Shep
299 |
Burnett
195 |
Matthews
216 |
Velez-Mitchell
61 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
537 |
Cooper
227 |
Schultz
275 |
Grace
78 |
9 pm | Hannity
297 |
Morgan
243 |
Maddow
394 |
Dr. Drew
55 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
139 |
Cooper
330 |
O’Donnell
293 |
Grace
67 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
248 |
Burnett
231 |
Schultz
169 |
Showbiz
41 |
TOTAL DAY | 226 | 174 | 170 | 66 |
PRIME TIME | 324 | 267 | 321 | 67 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. |
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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5 pm | The5
1.905 |
Blitzer
533 |
Matthews
991 |
Express
133 |
6 pm | Baier
1.815 |
Blitzer
409 |
Sharpton
739 |
Express
171 |
7 pm | Smith
1.533 |
Burnett
627 |
Matthews
786 |
Velez-Mitchell
276 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
3.044 |
Cooper
726 |
Schultz
1.114 |
Grace
326 |
9 pm | Hannity
1.861 |
Morgan
838 |
Maddow
1.385 |
Dr. Drew
206 |
10 pm | Greta
1.422 |
Cooper
889 |
O’Donnell
1.157 |
Grace
201 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.069 |
Burnett
611 |
Schultz
558 |
Showbiz
138 |
TOTAL DAY | 1.156 | 476 | 606 | 175 |
PRIME TIME | 2.116 | 820 | 1.221 | 244 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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