Friday Cable Ratings: CNN’s 9PM Hour Hits Second-Lowest Ratings in Nearly 15 Years
With Bill Weir hosting CNN Tonight on Friday, averaged its second-lowest ratings during the 9 p.m. hour in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers in nearly 15 years. The CNN show had 48K viewers in the demo and 226K total, according to Nielsen.
The only other time the 9 p.m. hour rated lower than that in total viewers dating back to 2000 came on October 11, 2010 when Larry King Live had 196K. In the demo, it occurred on May 15, 2012 when Piers Morning Tonight had just 39K viewers.
During that hour Friday night, Fox’s The Kelly File came in first place with 193K in the demo and 1.360M total viewers. MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show was second with 107K in the demo and 560K total viewers.
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
202 |
New Day
69 |
Morning Joe
86 |
Express
87 |
| 5 pm | The Five
227 |
Blitzer
84 |
Schultz
129 |
Detective
46 |
| 6 pm | Baier
194 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
51/37 |
Sharpton
114 |
Detective
44 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
137 |
Burnett
79 |
Matthews
118 |
Velez-Mitchell
43 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
200 |
Cooper
84 |
Hayes
104 |
Grace
49 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
193 |
Weir
48 |
Maddow
107 |
Files
75 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
193 |
Weir
70 |
Investigates
96 |
Files
65 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
130 |
Bourdain
103 |
Investigates
183 |
Files
91 |
| PRIME TIME | 195 | 67 | 103 | 63 |
| 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
930 |
New Day
212 |
Morning Joe
329 |
Express
200 |
| 5 pm | The Five
1.695 |
Blitzer
343 |
Schultz
509 |
Detective
109 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.630 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
316/282 |
Sharpton
496 |
Detective
126 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.224 |
Burnett
338 |
Matthews
588 |
Velez-Mitchell
151 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
1.508 |
Cooper
353 |
Hayes
398 |
Grace
185 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
1.360 |
Weir
226 |
Maddow
560 |
Files
224 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.046 |
Weir
232 |
Investigates
280 |
Files
278 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
743 |
Bourdain
200 |
Investigates
356 |
Files
269 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.305 | 270 | 414 | 229 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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