During several hours on Friday afternoon and evening, as Pope Francis I made his way through New York City, CNN came out ahead of Fox News in the 25-54 demo. At 5 p.m. ET, CNN’s coverage beat Fox’s, 248K to 210K. Then again from 7-9 p.m., CNN also topped Fox in the demo while Fox remained in first place in total viewers. CNN’s live coverage at 10 p.m. also beat a taped special on Fox.
Overall in primetime, Fox News managed to just edge out CNN in the demo, 252K to 247K.
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
284 |
New Day
132 |
Morning Joe
111 |
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| 5 pm | Pope Special
210 |
Blitzer
248 |
MSNBC Live
116 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
201 |
Blitzer
198 |
MSNBC Live
159 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
173 |
Burnett
283 |
Matthews
142 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
279 |
Cooper
289 |
Hayes
154 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
287 |
Cooper
257 |
Maddow
235 |
|
| 10 pm | Special
189 |
Lemon
194 |
Investigates
152 |
|
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
155 |
Special
140 |
Investigates
185 |
|
| PRIME TIME | 252 | 247 | 180 | |
| 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
1.020 |
New Day
479 |
Morning Joe
483 |
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| 5 pm | Pope Special
1.393 |
Blitzer
1.198 |
MSNBC Live
735 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
1.620 |
Blitzer
1.044 |
MSNBC Live
810 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.477 |
Burnett
1.171 |
Matthews
889 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.112 |
Cooper
1.191 |
Hayes
818 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
2.016 |
Cooper
986 |
Maddow
1.087 |
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| 10 pm | Special
1.259 |
Lemon
679 |
Investigates
413 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
766 |
Special
509 |
Investigates
343 |
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| PRIME TIME | 1.796 | 952 | 775 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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