Justin Bieber’s Wild Ride, a half-hour special about the pop star’s recent arrest, was the highest-rated show across CNN’s prime time lineup Friday night in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. The 10pm special, which was previously promoted as “Bieber’s Troubles,” drew 205K viewers in the demo and 515K total viewers, outpacing Anderson Cooper 360 at 8pm and Piers Morgan Live at 9pm.
Still, CNN’s Bieber special trailed Fox’s Hannity in both the demo and total viewers. Sean Hannity’s show was #1 at 10pm with 271K in the demo and 1.221M 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
342 |
New Day
81 |
Morning Joe
117 |
Express
97 |
5 pm | The Five
369 |
Blitzer
70 |
Schultz
169 |
WWYD
27 |
6 pm | Baier
339 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
94/82 |
Sharpton
282 |
WWYD
29 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
248 |
Burnett
85 |
Matthews
326 |
Velez-Mitchell
60 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
408 |
Cooper
123 |
Hayes
256 |
Grace
98 |
9 pm | Kelly
337 |
Morgan
121 |
Maddow
308 |
Files
208 |
10 pm | Hannity
271 |
Bieber/Nichols
205/202 |
Investigates
137 |
Files
206 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
242 |
Bourdain
139 |
Investigates
212 |
Files
216 |
PRIME TIME | 339 | 149 | 235 | 171 |
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
1.255 |
New Day
283 |
Morning Joe
369 |
Express
207 |
5 pm | The Five
2.197 |
Blitzer
296 |
Schultz
656 |
WWYD
98 |
6 pm | Baier
2.185 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
360/211 |
Sharpton
804 |
WWYD
117 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
1.878 |
Burnett
281 |
Matthews
1.002 |
Velez-Mitchell
160 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.796 |
Cooper
398 |
Hayes
916 |
Grace
237 |
9 pm | Kelly
2.268 |
Morgan
452 |
Maddow
1.082 |
Files
379 |
10 pm | Hannity
1.221 |
Bieber/Nichols
515/422 |
Investigates
382 |
Files
316 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.030 |
Bourdain
284 |
Investigates
461 |
Files
349 |
PRIME TIME | 2.096 | 439 | 795 | 310 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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