Between the hours of 5 p.m. and midnight Friday, MSNBC’s The Ed Show was the lowest rated hour on all of cable news in the 25-54 demo with just 46K viewers. During that same hour, Fox News’ The Five was the highest-rated show of the night in the demo with 416K viewers, nearly 10 times Ed Schultz’s total.
Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 263 | New Day 85 | Morning Joe 84 | Express 126 |
| 5 pm | The Five 416 | Blitzer 124 | Schultz 46 | WWYD 53 |
| 6 pm | Baier 385 | Blitzer 144 | Sharpton 85 | Files 48 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 314 | Burnett 149 | Matthews 103 | Files 67 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 386 | Cooper 166 | Hayes 126 | Files 99 |
| 9 pm | Kelly 302 | Ling 135 | Engel 112 | Files 107 |
| 10 pm | Hannity 272 | Spotlight/Nichols 144/64 | Investigates 119 | Files 188 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 235 | Bourdain 160 | Investigates 119 | Files 223 |
| PRIME TIME | 320 | 135 | 120 | 131 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 1.194 | New Day 313 | Morning Joe 329 | Express 225 |
| 5 pm | The Five 2.345 | Blitzer 390 | Schultz 468 | WWYD 163 |
| 6 pm | Baier 2.352 | Blitzer 369 | Sharpton 452 | Files 157 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren 1.991 | Burnett 444 | Matthews 587 | Files 197 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 2.686 | Cooper 448 | Hayes 639 | Files 229 |
| 9 pm | Kelly 2.234 | Ling 476 | Engel 630 | Files 339 |
| 10 pm | Hannity 1.440 | Spotlight/Nichols 431/204 | Investigates 283 | Files 637 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 972 | Bourdain 283 | Investigates 226 | Files 583 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.126 | 414 | 519 | 402 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||