CNN saw some of its worst primetime ratings of the year Friday night, averaging only 81K in the 25-54 demo. A 10pm special called Prince William’s Passion: New Father, New Hope had the lowest demo rating of the night with 57K, though Crossfire at 6:30pm also struggled with just 66K. Crossfire was the lowest-rated CNN show in terms of total viewers with 271K. Anderson Cooper’s 8pm broadcast has the highest demo rating of the night for CNN with 115K.
Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
225 |
New Day
83 |
Morning Joe
143 |
Express
75 |
5 pm | The Five
267 |
Blitzer
90 |
Schultz
137 |
Express
47 |
6 pm | Baier
273 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
69/66 |
Sharpton
150 |
Express
43 |
7 pm | Smith
217 |
Burnett
67 |
Matthews
190 |
Velez-Mitchell
59 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
407 |
Cooper
115 |
Hayes
156 |
Grace
83 |
9 pm | Hannity
320 |
Morgan
70 |
Iraq Special
104 |
Mysteries
45 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
289 |
Royal Special
57 |
Investigates
159 |
Mysteries
90 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
225 |
Bourdain
96 |
Investigates
291 |
Grace
112 |
PRIME TIME | 340 | 81 | 140 | 72 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. |
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
1.183 |
New Day
318 |
Morning Joe
421 |
Express
197 |
5 pm | The Five
1.734 |
Blitzer
396 |
Schultz
682 |
Express
141 |
6 pm | Baier
1.803 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
320/271 |
Sharpton
651 |
Express
172 |
7 pm | Smith
1.445 |
Burnett
322 |
Matthews
766 |
Velez-Mitchell
274 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.470 |
Cooper
543 |
Hayes
636 |
Grace
350 |
9 pm | Hannity
1.491 |
Morgan
392 |
Iraq Special
475 |
Mysteries
253 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
1.348 |
Royal Special
330 |
Investigates
345 |
Mysteries
263 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.071 |
Bourdain
323 |
Investigates
516 |
Grace
292 |
PRIME TIME | 1.776 | 422 | 486 | 288 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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