Friday Cable News Ratings: Fox’s Bret Baier #2 in Total Viewers for All Cable News

On Friday night, Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier was the second-highest rated show in all of cable news, following The O’Reilly Factor. Bret Baier had 2.208M total viewers, while Bill O’Reilly had 2.461M. Fox’s The Five came in third with 2.164M.

In the 25-54 demo, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow took the top spot with 399K viewers, following by Fox’s O’Reilly with 364K and The Five with 356K.

Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  326	New Day  69	Morning Joe  135	Express  119
5 pm	The Five  356	Blitzer  99	Schultz  227	WWYD  72
6 pm	Baier  273	Blitzer  110	Sharpton  260	WWYD  77
7 pm	Van Susteren  238	Burnett  127	Matthews  218	Velez-Mitchell  66
8 pm	O’Reilly  364	Cooper  107	Hayes  263	Grace  145
9 pm	Kelly  240	Morgan  82	Maddow  399	Files  128
10 pm	Hannity  192	Tina&Amy/Nichols  149/78	Investigates  167	Files  173
11 pm	O’Reilly  230	Bourdain  129	Investigates  322	Files  171
PRIME TIME	266	101	276	148
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.225	New Day  225	Morning Joe  414	Express  210
5 pm	The Five  2.164	Blitzer  391	Schultz  721	WWYD  98
6 pm	Baier  2.208	Blitzer  328	Sharpton  746	WWYD  126
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.670	Burnett  391	Matthews  914	Velez-Mitchell  179
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.461	Cooper  486	Hayes  857	Grace  480
9 pm	Kelly  1.954	Morgan  415	Maddow  1.175	Files  363
10 pm	Hannity  1.100	Tina&Amy/Nichols  453/262	Investigates  373	Files  503
11 pm	O’Reilly  988	Bourdain  360	Investigates  536	Files  547
PRIME TIME	1.843	419	802	448
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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