Friday Ratings: Fox’s The Five #1 In Demo Among All Cable News

On Friday evening, Fox’s The Five finished first overall in the key 25-54 demo, beating all other cable news shows for the night.

Racking up 340k in the demo, The Five placed ahead of The O’Reilly Factor, which garnered 321k in the demo while guest-hosted by Laura Ingraham.

In total viewership, however, the Factor placed #1 overall, with its 2.38M total beating a second-place Five at 2.02M.

Here are the rest of your Friday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  340	Blitzer  99	Matthews  132	Express  68
6 pm	Baier  261	Blitzer  74	Sharpton  168	Express  67
7 pm	Shep  278	Burnett  123	Matthews  174	Velez-Mitchell  132
8 pm	O’Reilly  321	Cooper  127	Schultz  197	Grace Mysteries  169
9 pm	Hannity  173	Morgan  127	Maddow  258	Wknd Mysteries  159
10 pm	Van Susteren  116	Cooper Special  165	O’Donnell  120	Wknd Mysteries  173
11 pm	O’Reilly  171	Burnett  136	Schultz  181	Grace Mysteries  151
TOTAL DAY	207	121	129	125
PRIME TIME	203	140	192	167
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  2.024	Blitzer  393	Matthews  643	Express  224
6 pm	Baier  1.901	Blitzer  358	Sharpton  679	Express  255
7 pm	Smith  1.726	Burnett  369	Matthews  655	Velez-Mitchell  434
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.382	Cooper  488	Schultz  788	Grace Mysteries  515
9 pm	Hannity  1.633	Morgan  488	Maddow  835	Wknd Mysteries  501
10 pm	Greta  1.309	Cooper  416	O’Donnell  435	Wknd Mysteries  491
11 pm	O’Reilly  836	Burnett  403	Schultz  378	Grace Mysteries  457
TOTAL DAY	1.136	361	407	332
PRIME TIME	1.780	464	686	503
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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