Friday Cable News Ratings: Anderson Cooper Distant Fourth With Just 52k In Demo

With just 52K viewers in the 25-54 demo Friday night, the 8 p.m. broadcast of Anderson Cooper 360 was the lowest-rated show across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. The Kelly File led the pack with 323K viewers in the demo at 9 p.m. (Bill O’Reilly ran a compilation special at 8).

Anderson Cooper came in 4th place in his time slot in both the demo and total viewers (359K), behind Fox’s O’Reilly, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and HLN’s Nancy Grace.

Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  199	New Day  63	Morning Joe  61	Express  121
5 pm	The Five  269	Blitzer  94	Schultz  66	Files  17
6 pm	Baier  184	Blitzer  98	Sharpton  67	Files  26
7 pm	Van Susteren  193	Burnett  83	Matthews  91	Velez-Mitchell  82
8 pm	O’Reilly  197	Cooper  52	Hayes  100	Grace  203
9 pm	Kelly  323	Sixties  85	Maddow  106	Files  114
10 pm	Hannity  216	Spotlight  67	Investigates  130	Files  92
11 pm	O’Reilly  209	Bourdain  96	Investigates  216	Files  93
PRIME TIME	245	68	112	136
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  933	New Day  268	Morning Joe  320	Express  223
5 pm	The Five  1.708	Blitzer  398	Schultz  445	Files  95
6 pm	Baier  1.646	Blitzer  411	Sharpton  459	Files  117
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.594	Burnett  311	Matthews  624	Velez-Mitchell  193
8 pm	O’Reilly  1.566	Cooper  359	Hayes  603	Grace  419
9 pm	Kelly  1.983	Sixties  371	Maddow  666	Files  264
10 pm	Hannity  1.314	Spotlight  242	Investigates  264	Files  299
11 pm	O’Reilly  950	Bourdain  206	Investigates  309	Files  380
PRIME TIME	1.622	325	511	327
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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