Wednesday Ratings: MSNBC’s Sharpton Beats CNN’s Blitzer In Demo And Total Viewers

Wednesday night in the 6pm time slot, MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton came out ahead of CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers.

Sharpton had 139K viewers in the demo and 611K total viewers, while Blitzer had 80K in the demo and 309K total. Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier came in first place with 349K in the demo and 2.157M total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  301	Blitzer  73	Matthews  128	Express  230
6 pm	Baier  349	Blitzer  80	Sharpton  139	Express  55
7 pm	Smith  337	Burnett  88	Matthews  94	Velez-Mitchell  117
8 pm	O’Reilly  497	Cooper  162	Hayes  135	Grace  195
9 pm	Hannity  347	Morgan  117	Maddow  230	Dr. Drew  175
10 pm	Van Susteren  245	Cooper  115	O’Donnell  183	After Dark  114
11 pm	O’Reilly  382	Burnett  86	Hayes  77	Showbiz  102
TOTAL DAY	281	103	79	106
PRIME TIME	363	131	183	161
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  2.315	Blitzer  415	Matthews  672	Express  230
6 pm	Baier  2.157	Blitzer  309	Sharpton  611	Express  200
7 pm	Smith  1.660	Burnett  332	Matthews  442	Velez-Mitchell  314
8 pm	O’Reilly  3.085	Cooper  469	Hayes  519	Grace  524
9 pm	Hannity  2.216	Morgan  401	Maddow  810	Dr. Drew  586
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.567	Cooper  457	O’Donnell  723	After Dark  336
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.258	Burnett  306	Hayes  344	Showbiz  228
TOTAL DAY	1.356	326	354	297
PRIME TIME	2.290	442	685	482
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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