Friday Cable Ratings: Kelly Back in 1st, Beats CNN and MSNBC

Megyn Kelly came back to claim the 9 P.M. mantle Friday in the 25-54 demo, raking in 258K viewers in the demo compared to 202K for CNN and 132K for MSNBC.

Last Thursday CNN overtook Kelly in the demo, with the Bill Weir-anchored hour took 373K viewers in the demo compared to Kelly’s 353K. Rachel Maddow, meanwhile, only scored 187K in the demo on Thursday.

Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  267	New Day  189	Morning Joe  111	Express  103
5 pm	The Five  263	Blitzer  226	Schultz  79	Files  41
6 pm	Baier  227	Blitzer  225	Sharpton  125	Files  53
7 pm	Van Susteren  263	Burnett  253	Matthews  131	Velez-Mitchell  87
8 pm	O’Reilly  317	Cooper  204	Hayes  119	Grace  121
9 pm	Kelly  258	Morgan  202	Maddow  132	Files  183
10 pm	Hannity  266	Special Report  191	O’Donnell  77	Files  197
11 pm	O’Reilly  277	Cooper  207	Investigates  160	Files  214
PRIME TIME	280	199	110	167
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.145	New Day  533	Morning Joe  343	Express  206
5 pm	The Five  1.703	Blitzer  789	Schultz  372	Files  126
6 pm	Baier  1.582	Blitzer  646	Sharpton  451	Files  146
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.449	Burnett  758	Matthews  582	Velez-Mitchell  213
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.415	Cooper  788	Hayes  521	Grace  296
9 pm	Kelly  1.609	Morgan  686	Maddow  637	Files  506
10 pm	Hannity  1.284	Special Report  652	O’Donnell  364	Files  520
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.022	Cooper  608	Investigates  356	Files  420
PRIME TIME	1.770	710	507	440
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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