Friday Cable Ratings: Fox’s Bret Baier #1 in Demo for All Cable News

Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier neared 300K viewers in the 25-54 demo on Friday, making it the highest rated show in cable news, ahead of Fox’s primetime schedule.

In total viewers, Bret Baier’s show came in third overall with 1.797M, behind Fox’s The Five (1.971M) and a compilation episode of The O’Reilly Factor (1.810M).

Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  210	New Day  90	Morning Joe  105
5 pm	The Five  283	Blitzer  120	MSNBC Live  61
6 pm	Baier  298	Blitzer  140	Sharpton  55
7 pm	Van Susteren  231	Burnett  99	Matthews  87
8 pm	O’Reilly  249	Cooper  104	Hayes  110
9 pm	Kelly  220	Death Row  129	Maddow  140
10 pm	Planned Parenthood  202	Death Row  193	Investigates  102
11 pm	O’Reilly  198	Death Row  184	Investigates  131
PRIME TIME	224	142	117
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  932	New Day  321	Morning Joe  483
5 pm	The Five  1.971	Blitzer  474	MSNBC Live  429
6 pm	Baier  1.797	Blitzer  446	Sharpton  443
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.509	Burnett  369	Matthews  638
8 pm	O’Reilly  1.810	Cooper  499	Hayes  615
9 pm	Kelly  1.729	Death Row  363	Maddow  786
10 pm	Planned Parenthood  1.095	Death Row  473	Investigates  312
11 pm	O’Reilly  792	Death Row  347	Investigates  275
PRIME TIME	1.546	445	571
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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