Friday Cable News Ratings: CNN’s Anderson Cooper Hits Yearly Low in Demo and Total
On Friday night, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 pulled in just 58K in the 25-54 demo and 255K total viewers, making it Anderson Cooper’s lowest-rated 8pm broadcast of 2013. The show came in 4th place in its time slot behind Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor (447K in the demo, 2.423M total), MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes (115K in the demo, 557K total) and HLN’s Nancy Grace (81K in the demo, 282K total).
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
285 |
New Day
61 |
Morning Joe
114 |
Express
92 |
5 pm | The Five
406 |
Blitzer
101 |
Schultz
166 |
WWYD
44 |
6 pm | Baier
326 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
127/101 |
Sharpton
165 |
WWYD
83 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
333 |
Burnett
62 |
Matthews
157 |
Velez-Mitchell
78 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
447 |
Cooper
58 |
Hayes
115 |
Grace
81 |
9 pm | Kelly
355 |
Morgan
56 |
Legends Special
71 |
Mysteries
128 |
10 pm | Hannity
305 |
Paul Walker
193 |
Investigates
150 |
Mysteries
203 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
410 |
Cooper
57 |
Investigates
256 |
Mysteries
236 |
PRIME TIME | 373 | 84 | 112 | 137 |
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
1.172 |
New Day
215 |
Morning Joe
391 |
Express
168 |
5 pm | The Five
2.210 |
Blitzer
421 |
Schultz
563 |
WWYD
121 |
6 pm | Baier
2.128 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
370/282 |
Sharpton
641 |
WWYD
181 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
1.676 |
Burnett
307 |
Matthews
732 |
Velez-Mitchell
178 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.423 |
Cooper
255 |
Hayes
557 |
Grace
282 |
9 pm | Kelly
2.286 |
Morgan
252 |
Legends Special
516 |
Mysteries
336 |
10 pm | Hannity
1.535 |
Paul Walker
437 |
Investigates
406 |
Mysteries
435 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.250 |
Cooper
253 |
Investigates
532 |
Mysteries
448 |
PRIME TIME | 2.098 | 277 | 493 | 351 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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