Friday Cable Ratings: Chris Matthews #1 in Demo on MSNBC, Beating Maddow, Hayes

Hardball with Chris Matthews (guest-hosted by Michael Smerconish) was the highest-rated show on MSNBC Friday in the 25-54 demo with 214K viewers. All In with Chris Hayes was second with 202K followed by PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton with 198K.

The Rachel Maddow Show had the highest number of total viewers across MSNBC’s schedule with 1.025M. Hardball was second with 798K followed by Chris Hayes with 775K.

Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  280	New Day  73	Morning Joe  124	Express  68
5 pm	The Five  291	Blitzer  130	Schultz  151	Express  47
6 pm	Baier  367	Blitzer/Crossfire  153/142	Sharpton  198	Express  58
7 pm	Van Susteren  298	Burnett  81	Matthews  214	Velez-Mitchell  91
8 pm	O’Reilly  441	Cooper  126	Hayes  202	Grace  107
9 pm	Kelly  396	Morgan  106	Maddow  189	Mysteries  67
10 pm	Hannity  337	Crossfire/Nichols  90/41	Baldwin  101	Mysteries  104
11 pm	O’Reilly  327	Bourdain  96	Investigates  189	Grace  73
PRIME TIME	394	100	164	95
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.214	New Day  228	Morning Joe  411	Express  184
5 pm	The Five  2.017	Blitzer  519	Schultz  702	Express  190
6 pm	Baier  2.212	Blitzer/Crossfire  465/334	Sharpton  752	Express  216
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.691	Burnett  321	Matthews  798	Velez-Mitchell  311
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.704	Cooper  505	Hayes  775	Grace  409
9 pm	Kelly  2.426	Morgan  434	Maddow  1.025	Mysteries  325
10 pm	Hannity  1.794	Crossfire/Nichols  228/133	Baldwin  395	Mysteries  446
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.231	Bourdain  193	Investigates  411	Grace  315
PRIME TIME	2.314	372	731	399
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data