Friday Cable News Ratings: CNN’s Unguarded Debut Last in Demo and Total

CNN’s new sports show, Unguarded with Rachel Nichols, debuted in 4th place in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers on Friday night at 11pm, behind Fox News, MSNBC and HLN. Unguarded had 119K in the demo and 286K total viewers.

A repeat showing of Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor was #1 at 11pm with 401K in the demo and 1.386M total. MSNBC Investigates was #2 with 197K and 360K in total. And CNN’s sister network HLN and Nancy Grace were #3 with 142K in the demo and 336K total.

Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  292	New Day  84	Morning Joe  124	Express  90
5 pm	The Five  323	Blitzer  137	Schultz  87	Express  86
6 pm	Baier  340	Blitzer/Crossfire  148/99	Sharpton  145	Express  68
7 pm	Van Susteren  380	Burnett  117	Matthews  203	Velez-Mitchell  91
8 pm	O’Reilly  513	Cooper  143	Hayes  177	Grace  84
9 pm	Kelly  333	Blackfish  152	Maddow  204	Mysteries  139
10 pm	Krauthammer  357	Blackfish  178	Baldwin  142	Mysteries  169
11 pm	O’Reilly  326	Nichols  119	Investigates  197	Grace  142
PRIME TIME	401	140	174	131
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.210	New Day  232	Morning Joe  421	Express  199
5 pm	The Five  2.024	Blitzer  463	Schultz  667	Express  347
6 pm	Baier  2.028	Blitzer/Crossfire  425/251	Sharpton  677	Express  272
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.813	Burnett  408	Matthews  861	Velez-Mitchell  236
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.976	Cooper  496	Hayes  664	Grace  302
9 pm	Kelly  2.467	Blackfish  488	Maddow  886	Mysteries  377
10 pm	Krauthammer  2.543	Blackfish  523	Baldwin  553	Mysteries  360
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.386	Nichols  286	Investigates  360	Grace  336
PRIME TIME	2.669	444	701	346
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data