Friday Cable Ratings: MSNBC’s Al Sharpton Drops to 59K in Demo

MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton was the lowest-rated show across the big three cable news networks Friday afternoon, averaging just 59K viewers in the 25-54 demo. During the 6 p.m. time slot, CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer more than tripled that rating with 190K and Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier had close to seven times as many viewers with 410K.
Al Sharpton‘s also came in third place in total viewers with 416K, compared to 2.312M for Fox News and 604K for CNN.
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
311 |
New Day
113 |
Morning Joe
71 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
395 |
Blitzer
113 |
Schultz
76 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
410 |
Blitzer
190 |
Sharpton
59 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
360 |
Burnett
184 |
Matthews
116 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
557 |
Cooper
158 |
Hayes
113 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
400 |
Special
150 |
Maddow
138 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
362 |
Weed
116 |
Investigates
78 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
250 |
Weed
160 |
Investigates
165 |
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| PRIME TIME | 440 | 141 | 110 | |
| 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
1.210 |
New Day
374 |
Morning Joe
337 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.372 |
Blitzer
530 |
Schultz
463 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
2.312 |
Blitzer
604 |
Sharpton
416 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
2.097 |
Burnett
494 |
Matthews
640 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.159 |
Cooper
505 |
Hayes
606 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
2.300 |
Special
347 |
Maddow
754 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
1.629 |
Weed
411 |
Investigates
194 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.085 |
Weed
497 |
Investigates
308 |
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| PRIME TIME | 2.366 | 421 | 518 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||


