Friday Cable Ratings: Piers Finale Ties Megyn Kelly for 1st in 9PM Demo

For his last show as host of Piers Morgan Live on CNN Friday night, Piers Morgan tied Fox News’ Megyn Kelly for first place in the 25-54 demo with 244K viewers a piece. In total viewers, Morgan came in third with 649K, behind Kelly (1.647M) and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow (783K).

Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  297	New Day  114	Morning Joe  104	Express  92
5 pm	The Five  363	Blitzer  192	Schultz  124	Files  24
6 pm	Baier  276	Blitzer  223	Sharpton  148	Files  57
7 pm	Van Susteren  272	Burnett  233	Matthews  191	Velez-Mitchell  74
8 pm	O’Reilly  329	Cooper  242	Hayes  142	Grace  83
9 pm	Kelly  244	Morgan  244	Maddow  183	Files  154
10 pm	Special Report  204	Special Report  188	Investigates  192	Files  185
11 pm	O’Reilly  224	Cooper  248	Investigates  269	Files  189
PRIME TIME	259	225	182	141
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.113	New Day  402	Morning Joe  366	Express  184
5 pm	The Five  2.082	Blitzer  724	Schultz  588	Files  80
6 pm	Baier  1.892	Blitzer  663	Sharpton  609	Files  163
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.507	Burnett  675	Matthews  910	Velez-Mitchell  163
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.323	Cooper  687	Hayes  685	Grace  195
9 pm	Kelly  1.647	Morgan  649	Maddow  783	Files  270
10 pm	Special Report  1.188	Special Report  553	Investigates  388	Files  411
11 pm	O’Reilly  941	Cooper  629	Investigates  469	Files  412
PRIME TIME	1.730	630	628	292
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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