Friday Cable Ratings: Fox’s Baier #1 in Demo, #2 in Total for All Cable News

On the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Fox’s Special Report with Bret Baier was the highest-rated cable news show in the 25-54 demo with 407K viewers and the #2 rated show in total viewers with 2.192M. Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor was #2 in the demo with 383K and #1 in total viewers with 2.326M.
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
278 |
New Day
115 |
Morning Joe
117 |
Express
92 |
| 5 pm | The Five
358 |
Blitzer
77 |
Schultz
148 |
WWYD
31 |
| 6 pm | Baier
407 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
81/97 |
Sharpton
186 |
WWYD
75 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
363 |
Burnett
101 |
JFK Special
249 |
Velez-Mitchell
58 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
383 |
Cooper
133 |
JFK Special
261 |
Grace
69 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
268 |
Morgan
113 |
JFK Special
140 |
Mysteries
89 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
184 |
Sixties
193 |
Investigates
156 |
Mysteries
112 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
191 |
Sixties
233 |
Investigates
256 |
Grace
117 |
| PRIME TIME | 278 | 146 | 188 | 90 |
| 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
1.188 |
New Day
233 |
Morning Joe
386 |
Express
167 |
| 5 pm | The Five
2.028 |
Blitzer
453 |
Schultz
718 |
WWYD
118 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.192 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
385/259 |
Sharpton
701 |
WWYD
150 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.749 |
Burnett
346 |
JFK Special
891 |
Velez-Mitchell
145 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.326 |
Cooper
486 |
JFK Special
881 |
Grace
256 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
1.861 |
Morgan
470 |
JFK Special
480 |
Mysteries
310 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.251 |
Sixties
597 |
Investigates
308 |
Mysteries
297 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.014 |
Sixties
663 |
Investigates
405 |
Grace
256 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.821 | 518 | 558 | 288 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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