Friday Cable Ratings: MSNBC’s Sharpton Last in Demo with 72K

PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton was the lowest rated show across cable news Friday afternoon and evening with just 72K viewers in the 25-54 demo. During the 6 p.m. ET hour, CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer was #1 with 252K and Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier was #2 with 250K.

Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  192	New Day  158	Morning Joe  121
5 pm	The Five  306	Blitzer  220	Schultz  75
6 pm	Baier  250	Blitzer  252	Sharpton  72
7 pm	Van Susteren  198	Burnett  221	Matthews  109
8 pm	O’Reilly  328	Cooper  226	Hayes  127
9 pm	Kelly  245	Cooper  260	Maddow  131
10 pm	Hannity  203	Tonight  266	Investigates  93
11 pm	O’Reilly  228	Cooper  208	Investigates  137
PRIME TIME	259	251	117
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  908	New Day  442	Morning Joe  410
5 pm	The Five  1.701	Blitzer  658	Schultz  524
6 pm	Baier  1.551	Blitzer  658	Sharpton  432
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.153	Burnett  617	Matthews  567
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.013	Cooper  703	Hayes  561
9 pm	Kelly  1.410	Cooper  667	Maddow  747
10 pm	Hannity  1.087	Tonight  616	Investigates  238
11 pm	O’Reilly  927	Cooper  560	Investigates  320
PRIME TIME	1.505	662	515
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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