Friday Ratings: CNN Has Lowest Rated Week In Over 10 Years
On Friday, CNN had its lowest rated weekday total day in demo since 2000 — and lowest rated weekday total day in P2+ since 2001. Notably, Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper struggled in the 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. slots (respectively), falling below 90k in the demo. Cooper fared better at 10 p.m. — and Piers Morgan took the networks highest ratings of the night. .
And now, here are the rest of your Friday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
309 |
Blitzer
141 |
Matthews
105 |
Special
30 |
| 6 pm | Baier
327 |
King, USA
106 |
Sharpton
142 |
Prime
91 |
| 7 pm | Smith
270 |
Burnett
69 |
Matthews
139 |
Velez-Mitchell
90 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
371 |
Cooper
89 |
Schultz
135 |
Grace
164 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
400 |
Morgan
137 |
Maddow
200 |
Velez-Mitchell 113 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
316 |
Cooper
113 |
Lockup
135
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Grace
103 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
335 |
Burnett
60 |
Lockup 251 |
Showbiz
78 |
| TOTAL DAY | 271 | 86 | 117 | 93 |
| PRIME TIME | 362 | 113 | 157 | 125 |
| 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
1.320 |
Blitzer
454 |
Matthews
643 |
Special
97 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.486 |
King, USA
367 |
Sharpton
686 |
Prime
182 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.309 |
Burnett
269 |
Matthews
636 |
Velez-Mitchell
269 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.500 |
Cooper
336 |
Schultz
698 |
Grace
394 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2.088 |
Morgan
577 |
Maddow
744 |
Velez-Mitchell 284 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 1.486 |
Cooper
453 |
Lockup
270 |
Grace
242 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.121 |
Burnett
221 |
Lockup
413 |
Showbiz
193 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.220 | 303 | 417 | 211 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.033 | 455 | 572 | 301 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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