Friday Ratings: HLN #1 Cable Network In Demo, #2 In Total Viewers

With the closing arguments in the Jodi Arias murder trial last week, HLN scored very strong ratings Friday. The network was #1 in the 25-54 demo, with 219k total day and 273k prime time viewers.

In total viewers, HLN came in second to Fox News, far surpassing CNN and MSNBC with 646k in total day and 817k in prime time.

Here are the rest of your Friday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  301	Blitzer  115	Matthews  138	Express  374
6 pm	Baier  242	Blitzer  83	Sharpton  140	Express  424
7 pm	Smith  189	Burnett  112	Matthews  163	Velez-Mitchell  342
8 pm	O’Reilly  267	Cooper  160	Hayes  137	Grace  291
9 pm	FNR Special  241	Morgan  129	Iraq Special  123	Dr. Drew  276
10 pm	Van Susteren  200	Cooper Special  176	Investigates  132	After Dark  251
11 pm	O’Reilly  195	Bourdain  157	Investigates  161	After Dark  199
TOTAL DAY	210	135	118	219
PRIME TIME	236	155	131	273
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  1.824	Blitzer  480	Matthews  651	Express  1.247
6 pm	Baier  1.753	Blitzer  311	Sharpton  559	Express  1.464
7 pm	Smith  1.622	Burnett  382	Matthews  530	Velez-Mitchell  1.144
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.334	Cooper  630	Hayes  555	Grace  908
9 pm	FNR Special  1.853	Morgan  501	Iraq Special  496	Dr. Drew  830
10 pm	Greta  1.349	Cooper Special  538	Investigates  303	After Dark  713
11 pm	O’Reilly  942	Bourdain  388	Investigates  326	After Dark  552
TOTAL DAY	1.187	394	377	646
PRIME TIME	1.849	556	451	817
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data