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) | ||||
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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) | ||||
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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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