Friday Cable Ratings: MSNBC Beats CNN in Primetime Demo and Total
Jun 1st, 2015, 7:28 pm

For the second consecutive night on Friday, MSNBC came out ahead of the CNN in primetime in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. MSNBC averaged 112K in the demo and 515K in total viewers, compared to 96K and 300K for CNN. Fox News was #1 with 220K in the demo and 1.374M in total viewers.
CNN did score a demo victory at 8 p.m. when Anderson Cooper 360 beat All In with Chris Hayes, 115K to 92K.
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
193 |
New Day
66 |
Morning Joe
63 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
246 |
Blitzer
86 |
Schultz
36 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
199 |
Blitzer
120 |
Sharpton
49 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
174 |
Burnett
121 |
Matthews
103 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
217 |
Cooper
115 |
Hayes
92 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
300 |
Bourdain
101 |
Maddow
125 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
143 |
Death Row
73 |
Investigates
120 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
133 |
Death Row
92 |
Investigates
195 |
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| PRIME TIME | 220 | 96 | 112 | |
| 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
844 |
New Day
273 |
Morning Joe
342 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
1.576 |
Blitzer
352 |
Schultz
428 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
1.583 |
Blitzer
404 |
Sharpton
357 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.313 |
Burnett
425 |
Matthews
656 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
1.668 |
Cooper
476 |
Hayes
505 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
1.646 |
Bourdain
255 |
Maddow
771 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
809 |
Death Row
171 |
Investigates
269 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
612 |
Death Row
275 |
Investigates
332 |
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| PRIME TIME | 1.374 | 300 | 515 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||


