While The Rachel Maddow Show was #1 in total viewers on MSNBC Friday night, the show trailed Hardball with Chris Matthews, The Ed Show, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton and All In with Chris Hayes in the 25-54 demo. Rachel Maddow’s show had 855K total viewers but only 119K in the demo.
During her 9pm time slot, Maddow came in 4th place in the demo. Fox’s The Kelly File was #1 with 292K viewers, followed by CNN’s Michael Smerconish with 147K and HLN’s Forensic Files was third with 128K.
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
250 |
New Day
108 |
Morning Joe
140 |
Express
57 |
5 pm | The Five
220 |
Blitzer
142 |
Schultz
163 |
Files
40 |
6 pm | Baier
221 |
Blitzer
159 |
Sharpton
129 |
Files
77 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
233 |
Burnett
160 |
Matthews
164 |
Velez-Mitchell
63 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
389 |
Cooper
143 |
Hayes
122 |
Grace
113 |
9 pm | Kelly
292 |
Smerconish
147 |
Maddow
119 |
Files
128 |
10 pm | Hannity
204 |
Lemon/Nichols
111/86 |
Investigates
94 |
Files
149 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
307 |
Cooper
103 |
Investigates
122 |
Files
162 |
PRIME TIME | 319 | 129 | 112 | 130 |
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
1.003 |
New Day
316 |
Morning Joe
379 |
Express
142 |
5 pm | The Five
1.837 |
Blitzer
507 |
Schultz
624 |
Files
112 |
6 pm | Baier
1.677 |
Blitzer
530 |
Sharpton
607 |
Files
169 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
1.361 |
Burnett
531 |
Matthews
800 |
Velez-Mitchell
147 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.342 |
Cooper
540 |
Hayes
703 |
Grace
243 |
9 pm | Kelly
1.756 |
Smerconish
481 |
Maddow
855 |
Files
343 |
10 pm | Hannity
1.147 |
Lemon/Nichols
408/203 |
Investigates
294 |
Files
403 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
916 |
Cooper
262 |
Investigates
307 |
Files
456 |
PRIME TIME | 1.749 | 443 | 617 | 330 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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