Fox News was the most-watched cable news network Friday during a night of Oklahoma tornado coverage in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. In the demo, Fox had 265K total day and 498K prime time. In total viewers, Fox had 1.465M total day and 2.446M prime time.
CNN did come out ahead of Fox between the hours of 10pm and midnight in the demo, with 455K viewers for Anderson Cooper at 10pm and 401K for Erin Burnett at 11pm. During those hours Fox’s tornado coverage had 378K and 290K viewers respectively in the demo.
Here are the rest of your Friday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The Five 261 | Blitzer 96 | Matthews 111 | Express 30 |
| 6 pm | Baier 307 | Blitzer 100 | Sharpton 119 | Express 68 |
| 7 pm | Smith 302 | Burnett 138 | Tornado 149 | Velez-Mitchell 83 |
| 8 pm | Tornado 615 | Cooper 304 | Hayes 172 | Grace 93 |
| 9 pm | Tornado 492 | Morgan 345 | Maddow 178 | Mysteries 103 |
| 10 pm | Tornado 378 | Cooper 455 | Tornado 120 | Mysteries 96 |
| 11 pm | Tornado 290 | Burnett 401 | Tornado 161 | Mysteries 113 |
| TOTAL DAY | 265 | 175 | 117 | 95 |
| PRIME TIME | 498 | 157 | 368 | 104 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The Five 2.053 | Blitzer 389 | Matthews 565 | Express 186 |
| 6 pm | Baier 2.093 | Blitzer 356 | Sharpton 500 | Express 200 |
| 7 pm | Smith 1.677 | Burnett 545 | Tornado 521 | Velez-Mitchell 250 |
| 8 pm | Tornado 3.210 | Cooper 1.053 | Hayes 690 | Grace 253 |
| 9 pm | Tornado 2.349 | Morgan 1. | Maddow 712 | Mysteries 277 |
| 10 pm | Tornado 1.729 | Cooper 1.304 | Tornado 441 | Mysteries 317 |
| 11 pm | Tornado 1.180 | Burnett 1.037 | Tornado 436 | Mysteries 289 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.465 | 564 | 394 | 237 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.446 | 1.199 | 615 | 296 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||