Friday Cable Ratings: Fox’s The Five #1 in Demo for All Cable News

With 447K viewers, Fox News’ The Five was the highest-rated show in the 25-54 demo Friday evening across all of cable news. The O’Reilly Factor was second with 393K, followed by Special Report with Bret Baier, which had 339K. Bill O’Reilly’s show was the most-watched show in total viewers with 2.635M.
Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
447 |
Blitzer
56 |
Schultz
169 |
WWYD
19 |
| 6 pm | Baier
339 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
61/47 |
Sharpton
189 |
WWYD
44 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
322 |
Burnett
77 |
Matthews
229 |
Velez-Mitchell
60 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
393 |
Cooper
97 |
Hayes
158 |
Grace
78 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
292 |
Morgan
105 |
Maddow
218 |
Mysteries
93 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
281 |
Beyonce/Nichols
97/56 |
Lockup
236 |
Mysteries
59 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
222 |
Bourdain
103 |
Lockup
408 |
Mysteries
92 |
| PRIME TIME | 323 | 93 | 204 | 77 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.210 |
Blitzer
351 |
Schultz
521 |
WWYD
94 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.084 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
300/164 |
Sharpton
542 |
WWYD
118 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.793 |
Burnett
260 |
Matthews
743 |
Velez-Mitchell
114 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.635 |
Cooper
296 |
Hayes
572 |
Grace
258 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
2.090 |
Morgan
354 |
Maddow
755 |
Mysteries
314 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.452 |
Beyonce/Nichols
263/189 |
Lockup
398 |
Mysteries
219 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.012 |
Bourdain
244 |
Lockup
578 |
Mysteries
249 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.064 | 293 | 575 | 263 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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