Friday Cable Ratings: Fox’s Bret Baier Attracts Most Total Viewers
by Mediaite Staff | 6:03 pm, November 2nd, 2015
RATINGS

Friday’s World Series game between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets dug into the ratings across the board, but Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier took the top spot with 2.131M total viewers. The Five took second place, whereas The O’Reilly Factor rounded out the top three spots for total viewers.
As for the coveted A25-54 demo, Bill O’Reilly‘s program took first place with 321K. The Kelly File came in a distant second with 241K, followed by The Five at 231K.
Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
231 |
Blitzer
141 |
MTP Daily
47 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
213 |
Blitzer
186 |
News
42 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
185 |
Burnett
171 |
Matthews
71 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
321 |
Cooper
175 |
Hayes
94 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
241 |
Lemon
137 |
Maddow
139 |
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| 10 pm | Road to 2016
217 |
Bourdain
121 |
Investigates
108 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
208 |
Bourdain
103 |
Investigates
142 |
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| PRIME TIME | 260 | 144 | 114 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.074 |
Blitzer
541 |
MTP Daily
480 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
2.131 |
Blitzer
542 |
News
369 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.756 |
Burnett
534 |
Matthews
748 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.022 |
Cooper
529 |
Hayes
597 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
1.841 |
Lemon
456 |
Maddow
844 |
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| 10 pm | Road to 2016
1.139 |
Bourdain
290 |
Investigates
329 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
813 |
Bourdain
228 |
Investigates
318 |
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| PRIME TIME | 1.668 | 425 | 591 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||



