Wednesday Ratings: Nancy Grace Tops Anderson Cooper In Demo At 8PM

On Thursday night, HLN’s Nancy Grace edged out CNN’s Anderson Cooper in the demo at 8 p.m. — but Cooper had a hefty lead when it came to total viewers. Cooper’s 10 p.m. hour also brought in his network’s highest ratings of the night, while Grace topped HLN’s lineup as well.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  402	Blitzer  86	Matthews  172	Express  48
6 pm	Baier  378	Blitzer   118	Sharpton  151	Express  76
7 pm	Smith  416	Burnett  141	Matthews  171	VelezMitchell  95
8 pm	O’Reilly  578	Cooper  161	Schultz  235	Grace  167
9 pm	Hannity   506	Morgan  159	Maddow  338	Dr. Drew  115
10 pm	Van Susteren  351	Cooper   191	O’Donnell  333	Grace  91
11 pm	O’Reilly  307	Burnett  111	Schultz   192	Showbiz  90
TOTAL DAY	331	125	151	119
PRIME TIME	481	170	302	124
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.781	Blitzer  427	Matthews  866	Express  126
6 pm	Baier  2.016	Blitzer  360	Sharpton  719	Express  193
7 pm	Smith  1.931	Burnett  413	Matthews  894	VelezMitchell   260
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.694	Cooper  618	Schultz  1.050	Grace  416
9 pm	Hannity  2.301	Morgan  574	Maddow  1.163	Dr. Drew   231
10 pm	Van Susteren   1.975	Cooper  468	O’Donnell  1.170	Grace  171
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.245	Burnett  311	Schultz  566	Showbiz  198
TOTAL DAY	1.467	404	607	245
PRIME TIME	2.333	553	1.128	273
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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