Wednesday Ratings: The Five Takes Second Place Among All Cable News In Demo, Total Viewers
On Wednesday night, Fox News’ The Five was the second-highest rated show among cable news programming, in both the demo and total viewers. The show’s ratings were surpassed by Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, who maintained his top spot among demo and total viewers.
Elsewhere, Erin Burnett topped CNN in the demo, while the honors went to Anderson Cooper in total viewers (he came in second in the demo). Over at MSNBC, Rachel Maddow again brought in the highest ratings on her network (demo and total), with Chris Matthews and Ed Schultz coming in second in the demo and total viewers respectively.
Here are the rest of your Wednesday night ratings:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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5 pm | The5
432 |
Blitzer
141 |
Matthews
169 |
Express
51 |
6 pm | Baier
355 |
Blitzer
156 |
Sharpton
220 |
Express
43 |
7 pm | Shep
384 |
Burnett
175 |
Matthews
245 |
Velez-Mitchell
51 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
587 |
Cooper
167 |
Schultz
206 |
Grace
114 |
9 pm | Hannity
406 |
Morgan
140 |
Maddow
280 |
Dr. Drew
87 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
294 |
Cooper
165 |
O’Donnell
191 |
Grace
103 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
440 |
Burnett
110 |
Schultz
114 |
Showbiz
65 |
TOTAL DAY | 335 | 135 | 188 | 74 |
PRIME TIME | 429 | 157 | 226 | 101 |
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
2.323 |
Blitzer
591 |
Matthews
875 |
Express
166 |
6 pm | Baier
2.235 |
Blitzer
468 |
Sharpton
839 |
Express
160 |
7 pm | Smith
1.813 |
Burnett
563 |
Matthews
835 |
Velez-Mitchell
245 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
3.356 |
Cooper
604 |
Schultz
1.020 |
Grace
417 |
9 pm | Hannity
2.276 |
Morgan
592 |
Maddow
1.096 |
Dr. Drew
289 |
10 pm | Greta
1.637 |
Cooper
468 |
O’Donnell
831 |
Grace
240 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.260 |
Burnett
278 |
Schultz
488 |
Showbiz
176 |
TOTAL DAY | 1.548 | 436 | 639 | 217 |
PRIME TIME | 2.433 | 555 | 983 | 315 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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