Friday Ratings: CNN’s Blitzer Beats MSNBC’s Matthews And Sharpton In Demo And Total Viewers

Friday night from 5-7pm ET, CNN’s two-hour block of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer beat MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews and PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers.

At 5pm, Blitzer’s show had 103K in the demo and 557K total viewers while Matthews had 88K in the demo and 463 total viewers. Then, at 6pm, Blitzer 189K in the demo and 600K total viewers while Sharpton had 116K in the demo and 472K total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Friday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  329	Blitzer  103	Matthews  88	Express  38
6 pm	Baier  331	Blitzer  189	Sharpton  116	Express  55
7 pm	Smith  343	Burnett  199	Matthews  122	Velez-Mitchell  86
8 pm	O’Reilly  417	Cooper  208	Hayes  135	Grace  86
9 pm	Hannity  293	Morgan  136	Maddow  189	Mysteries  130
10 pm	Van Susteren  281	Cooper  122	O’Donnell  155	Mysteries  143
11 pm	O’Reilly  300	Burnett  182	Hayes  175	Grace  114
TOTAL DAY	274	120	117	96
PRIME TIME	331	156	160	120
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  1.968	Blitzer  557	Matthews  463	Express  272
6 pm	Baier  1.988	Blitzer  600	Sharpton  472	Express  272
7 pm	Smith  1.648	Burnett  592	Matthews  461	Velez-Mitchell  275
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.361	Cooper  650	Hayes  472	Grace  277
9 pm	Hannity  1.838	Morgan  532	Maddow  674	Mysteries  363
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.634	Cooper  292	O’Donnell  326	Mysteries  365
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.163	Burnett  477	Hayes  336	Grace  293
TOTAL DAY	1.424	412	362	286
PRIME TIME	1.953	532	490	335
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data