With its live coverage of Donald Trump’s big rally in Mobile, Alabama Friday night, Fox News won the night in both the 25-54 demo and total viewer ratings. Fox’s ratings peaked at 9 p.m. during Trump’s speech with 810K in the demo and 3.632M total viewers.
CNN also saw a bump from Trump’s rally, peaking at 322K in the demo during the 9 p.m. hour and 1.270M total viewers at 8 p.m. ET.
Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 270 | New Day 96 | Morning Joe 83 | |
| 5 pm | The Five 302 | Blitzer 140 | MSNBC Live 20 | |
| 6 pm | Baier 386 | Blitzer 139 | Sharpton 51 | |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 381 | Burnett 202 | Matthews 111 | |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly/Trump Rally 485/629 | Cooper 297 | Hayes 138 | |
| 9 pm | Trump Rally/Kelly 810/458 | Tonight 322 | Maddow 161 | |
| 10 pm | Katrina Special 233 | Tonight 260 | Investigates 135 | |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 228 | Cooper 172 | Investigates 210 | |
| PRIME TIME | 456 | 287 | 145 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 1.038 | New Day 335 | Morning Joe 382 | |
| 5 pm | The Five 2.030 | Blitzer 602 | MSNBC Live 320 | |
| 6 pm | Baier 2.140 | Blitzer 607 | Sharpton 403 | |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 1.970 | Burnett 688 | Matthews 709 | |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly/Trump Rally 2.469/2.887 | Cooper 1.270 | Hayes 729 | |
| 9 pm | Trump Rally/Kelly 3.632/2.487 | Tonight 1.076 | Maddow 934 | |
| 10 pm | Katrina Special 1.197 | Tonight 948 | Investigates 376 | |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 935 | Cooper 527 | Investigates 388 | |
| PRIME TIME | 2.250 | 1.059 | 681 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||