On Friday evening, MSNBC’s The Ed Show was the lowest rated show in the 25-54 demo across that network, as well as Fox News and CNN. Ed Schultz’s show averaged 53K viewers in the demo, while CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer had nearly double that number with 94K and Fox’s The Five had nearly six times that number with 295K at 5 p.m.
Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
221 |
New Day
90 |
Morning Joe
86 |
Express
184 |
5 pm | The Five
295 |
Blitzer
94 |
Schultz
53 |
WWYD
17 |
6 pm | Baier
237 |
Blitzer
109 |
Sharpton
97 |
Files
54 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
202 |
Burnett
97 |
Matthews
134 |
Special Report
72 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
306 |
Cooper
136 |
Hayes
133 |
Files
109 |
9 pm | Kelly
243 |
Death Row
111 |
Maddow
114 |
Files
234 |
10 pm | Hannity
230 |
Death Row
103 |
Investigates
128 |
Files
240 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
196 |
Death Row
201 |
Investigates
145 |
Files
230 |
PRIME TIME | 260 | 117 | 125 | 194 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. |
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
1.062 |
New Day
288 |
Morning Joe
318 |
Express
302 |
5 pm | The Five
2.279 |
Blitzer
547 |
Schultz
346 |
WWYD
73 |
6 pm | Baier
1.998 |
Blitzer
395 |
Sharpton
443 |
Files
131 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
1.615 |
Burnett
438 |
Matthews
660 |
Special Report
150 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.413 |
Cooper
438 |
Hayes
622 |
Files
231 |
9 pm | Kelly
1.657 |
Death Row
350 |
Maddow
727 |
Files
461 |
10 pm | Hannity
1.040 |
Death Row
352 |
Investigates
328 |
Files
494 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
962 |
Death Row
421 |
Investigates
268 |
Files
570 |
PRIME TIME | 1.705 | 380 | 559 | 395 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
Have a tip we should know? tips@mediaite.com