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)
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)
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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