Friday Cable Ratings: Fox News Dominates with Trump Rally Coverage
Aug 24th, 2015, 7:16 pm
With its live coverage of Donald Trump’s big rally in Mobile, Alabama Friday night, Fox News won the night in both the 25-54 demo and total viewer ratings. Fox’s ratings peaked at 9 p.m. during Trump’s speech with 810K in the demo and 3.632M total viewers.
CNN also saw a bump from Trump’s rally, peaking at 322K in the demo during the 9 p.m. hour and 1.270M total viewers at 8 p.m. ET.
Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
270 |
New Day
96 |
Morning Joe
83 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
302 |
Blitzer
140 |
MSNBC Live
20 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
386 |
Blitzer
139 |
Sharpton
51 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
381 |
Burnett
202 |
Matthews
111 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly/Trump Rally
485/629 |
Cooper
297 |
Hayes
138 |
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| 9 pm | Trump Rally/Kelly
810/458 |
Tonight
322 |
Maddow
161 |
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| 10 pm | Katrina Special
233 |
Tonight
260 |
Investigates
135 |
|
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
228 |
Cooper
172 |
Investigates
210 |
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| PRIME TIME | 456 | 287 | 145 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
1.038 |
New Day
335 |
Morning Joe
382 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.030 |
Blitzer
602 |
MSNBC Live
320 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
2.140 |
Blitzer
607 |
Sharpton
403 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.970 |
Burnett
688 |
Matthews
709 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly/Trump Rally
2.469/2.887 |
Cooper
1.270 |
Hayes
729 |
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| 9 pm | Trump Rally/Kelly
3.632/2.487 |
Tonight
1.076 |
Maddow
934 |
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| 10 pm | Katrina Special
1.197 |
Tonight
948 |
Investigates
376 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
935 |
Cooper
527 |
Investigates
388 |
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| PRIME TIME | 2.250 | 1.059 | 681 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
