Fox News’ The Five took the top ratings spot in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers Friday, with 379K and 2.315M respectively. At 6 p.m., Special Report with Bret Baier came in second with 345K in the demo and 2.222M total viewers.
With Eric Bolling filling in for Bill O’Reilly on The O’Reilly Factor, that show dropped to third with 247K in the demo and 2.005M 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
298 |
New Day
118 |
Morning Joe
74 |
Express
136 |
5 pm | The Five
379 |
Blitzer
109 |
Schultz
52 |
WWYD
28 |
6 pm | Baier
345 |
Blitzer
94 |
Sharpton
71 |
Files
71 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
238 |
Burnett
114 |
Matthews
88 |
Files
51 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
247 |
Cooper
122 |
Hayes
109 |
Files
93 |
9 pm | Kelly
202 |
Ling
116 |
Maddow
135 |
Files
171 |
10 pm | Hannity
130 |
Special/Nichols
61/44 |
Investigates
183 |
Files
141 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
128 |
Bourdain
79 |
Investigates
260 |
Files
185 |
PRIME TIME | 193 | 97 | 142 | 135 |
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
1.246 |
New Day
336 |
Morning Joe
329 |
Express
214 |
5 pm | The Five
2.315 |
Blitzer
442 |
Schultz
405 |
WWYD
105 |
6 pm | Baier
2.222 |
Blitzer
343 |
Sharpton
455 |
Files
193 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
1.851 |
Burnett
399 |
Matthews
609 |
Files
245 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.005 |
Cooper
469 |
Hayes
558 |
Files
397 |
9 pm | Kelly
1.511 |
Ling
388 |
Maddow
726 |
Files
508 |
10 pm | Hannity
1.136 |
Special/Nichols
217/146 |
Investigates
404 |
Files
601 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
772 |
Bourdain
253 |
Investigates
481 |
Files
513 |
PRIME TIME | 1.551 | 346 | 563 | 502 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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