Friday Night Ratings: MSNBC Sweeps CNN… Again
Apr 16th, 2012, 6:43 pm
On Friday, MSNBC’s programming beat CNN at every time slot, with the notable of the 10 p.m. slot in overall viewership, where AC360 host Anderson Cooper beat MSNBC’s Lockup.
Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
338 |
Blitzer
112 |
Matthews
167 |
Special
88 |
| 6 pm | Baier
403 |
King, USA
108 |
Sharpton
219 |
Prime
97 |
| 7 pm | Smith
369 |
Burnett
93 |
Matthews
175 |
Velez-Mitchell
98 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
538 |
Cooper
145 |
Schultz
214 |
Grace
122 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
380 |
Morgan
171 |
Maddow
249 |
Velez-Mitchell
73 |
| 10 pm | Gas Prices
390 |
Cooper
142 |
Lockup
179 |
Grace
107 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
361 |
Burnett
99 |
Lockup
179 |
Showbiz
85 |
| TOTAL DAY | 326 | 109 | 157 | 82 |
| PRIME TIME | 436 | 152 | 214 | 99 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
1.591 |
Blitzer
567 |
Matthews
704 |
Special
260 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.817 |
King, USA
388 |
Sharpton
843 |
Prime
326 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.807 |
Burnett
385 |
Matthews
850 |
Velez-Mitchell
308 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.784 |
Cooper
426 |
Schultz
975 |
Grace
412 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1.765 |
Morgan
639 |
Maddow
1.120 |
Velez-Mitchell
287 |
| 10 pm | Gas Prices
1.840 |
Cooper
526 |
Lockup
458 |
Grace
262 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.222 |
Burnett
312 |
Lockup
392 |
Showbiz
217 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.368 | 380 | 553 | 231 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.137 | 530 | 851 | 316 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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