Friday Cable Ratings: CNN’s Erin Burnett Beats Fox’s Greta in Demo

CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront came out ahead of Fox’s On the Record with Greta Van Susteren in the 25-54 demo ratings on Friday. Erin Burnett was #1 at 7 p.m. with 282K viewers in the demo while Greta Van Susteren was #2 with 255K. MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews came in fourth place behind HLN’s Forensic Files.
In total viewers, Van Susteren was #1 with 1.788M, drawing more than a million more viewers than second place Chris Matthews (733K) and third place Burnett (700K).
Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
279 |
New Day
122 |
Morning Joe
96 |
Express
135 |
| 5 pm | The Five
315 |
Blitzer
175 |
Schultz
49 |
WWYD
24 |
| 6 pm | Baier
332 |
Blitzer
289 |
Sharpton
107 |
Files
74 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
255 |
Burnett
282 |
Matthews
113 |
Files
117 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
403 |
Cooper
227 |
Hayes
149 |
Files
159 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
391 |
Ling
191 |
Maddow
147 |
Files
229 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
350 |
Spotlight
158 |
Investigates
149 |
Files
266 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
312 |
Bourdain
132 |
Investigates
228 |
Files
293 |
| PRIME TIME | 382 | 185 | 150 | 218 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
1.272 |
New Day
357 |
Morning Joe
372 |
Express
230 |
| 5 pm | The Five
2.156 |
Blitzer
591 |
Schultz
467 |
WWYD
58 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.190 |
Blitzer
687 |
Sharpton
558 |
Files
194 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.788 |
Burnett
700 |
Matthews
733 |
Files
346 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.870 |
Cooper
637 |
Hayes
623 |
Files
463 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
2.201 |
Ling
527 |
Maddow
765 |
Files
605 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.428 |
Spotlight
436 |
Investigates
373 |
Files
795 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.334 |
Bourdain
280 |
Investigates
386 |
Files
759 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.178 | 504 | 589 | 621 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||



