Friday Night Cable News Ratings: Jane Velez-Mitchell No Longer Has “Issues”

Mediaite StaffFeb 6th, 2012, 5:30 pm
 


Jane Velez-Mitchell‘s HLN show, which airs at 7 p.m., ended an era Friday night, as it was the last time “Issues” was used in the title. Starting Monday, it will simply be known as Jane Velez-Mitchell. On her final night with “Issues,” Velez-Mitchell pulled in 74,000 viewers in the 25-54 year-old demo, and 272,000 overall.

Other notes:

  • Fox News won the ratings battle for Saturday night’s Nevada Caucus results, bringing in 1.334 million total viewers to CNN’s 631,000 and MSNBC’s 418,000; but, in the demo, they had a much tighter victory over CNN, 244,000 viewers to 231,000. MSNBC had 187,000 demo viewers.
  • Rachel Maddow and Ed Schultz joined all the Fox News programs with over one total million viewers on the night.

    • Friday night’s full ratings:

    TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
    Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
    5 pm The5 

    411

    		 Blitzer 

    117

    		 Matthews 

    136

    		 Special 

    10
    6 pm Baier 

    366

    		 King, USA 

    118

    		 Sharpton 

    186

    		 Prime 

    31
    7 pm Shep 

    361

    		 Burnett 

    131

    		 Matthews 

    162

    		 Issues 

    74
    8 pm O’Reilly 

    602

    		 Cooper 

    162

    		 Schultz 

    189

    		 Grace 

    156
    9 pm Hannity 

    532

    		 Piers 

    192

    		 Maddow 

    279

    		 Dr. Drew 

    114
    10 pm Van Susteren 

    380

    		 Cooper 

    185

    		 Special 

    162

    		 Grace 

    56
    11 pm O’Reilly 

    310

    		 Burnett 

    140

    		 Special 

    211

    		 Showbiz 

    76
    TOTAL DAY 304 106 133 72
    PRIME TIME 505 180 210 106
    Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
    TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
    Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
    5 pm The5 

    1,517

    		 Blitzer 

    626

    		 Matthews 

    737

    		 Special 

    130
    6 pm Baier 

    1,775

    		 King, USA 

    430

    		 Sharpton 

    792

    		 Prime
    174
    7 pm Shep 

    1,521

    		 Burnett 

    367

    		 Matthews 

    762

    		 Issues 

    272
    8 pm O’Reilly 

    2,869

    		 Cooper 

    541

    		 Schultz 

    1,018

    		 Grace 

    517
    9 pm Hannity 

    2,227

    		 Piers 

    657

    		 Maddow 

    1,129

    		 DrDrew 

    411
    10 pm Greta 

    1,735

    		 Cooper 

    521

    		 Special
    358    		 Grace 

    208
    11 pm O’Reilly 

    1,125

    		 Burnett 

    372

    		 Special
    427    		 Showbiz 

    200
    TOTAL DAY 1,206 370 478 218
    PRIME TIME 2,290 574 838 370
    Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data
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