Friday Ratings: CNN Beats MSNBC In Primetime Demo And Total Viewers

Last Friday evening, CNN beat out competitor MSNBC in both primetime demo and total viewership.

During the primetime hours, CNN averaged 239k in the key 25-54 demo, beating out MSNBC’s 197k average. In total viewership, during those same primetime hours, CNN averaged 798k versus MSNBC’s 708k.

The two networks, however, were defeated by Fox News in both categories: Fox’s 309k avg. demo and 2.03M avg. total viewership beat out the competition.

Here are the rest of your Friday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  319	Blitzer  227	Matthews  151	Express  59
6 pm	Baier  319	Blitzer  197	Sharpton  153	Express  65
7 pm	Shep  318	Burnett  211	Matthews  168	Velez-Mitchell  92
8 pm	O’Reilly  413	Cooper  248	Schultz  208	Grace Mysteries  128
9 pm	Hannity  306	Morgan  216	Maddow  198	Wknd Mysteries  87
10 pm	Van Susteren  208	Cooper  252	O’Donnell  185	Wknd Mysteries  157
11 pm	O’Reilly  237	Burnett  256	Schultz  116	Grace Mysteries  125
TOTAL DAY	253	164	124	87
PRIME TIME	309	239	197	124
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.980	Blitzer  793	Matthews  695	Express  212
6 pm	Baier  2.008	Blitzer  597	Sharpton  621	Express  222
7 pm	Smith  1.730	Burnett  703	Matthews  670	Velez-Mitchell  241
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.925	Cooper  885	Schultz  855	Grace Mysteries  279
9 pm	Hannity  1.841	Morgan  854	Maddow  669	Wknd Mysteries  296
10 pm	Greta  1.317	Cooper  654	O’Donnell  597	Wknd Mysteries  398
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.056	Burnett  621	Schultz  385	Grace Mysteries  336
TOTAL DAY	1.226	530	423	222
PRIME TIME	2.033	798	708	324
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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