Friday night was a strong one for Greta Van Susteren, who ruled the cable news ratings in the 25-54 year-old demo, pulling in 483,000 demo viewers for her Fox News show, the most of any on the prime time cable news slate. It should be noted that Laura Ingraham was filling in for usual cable news champ Bill O’Reilly.
Also of note — over the weekend, as news of Whitney Houston‘s death spread, CNN was the place to be, as viewers flocked to the station in droves. The network peaked between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., pulling in 3.155 million viewers, who watched Don Lemon and Piers Morgan deliver what little news there was and drive most of the interviews and early remembrances. During the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. primetime block, CNN averaged 2.534 million viewers, and 1.198 million in the demo, beating Fox News and MSNBC combined.
Your full Friday night cable news ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
346 |
Blitzer
80 |
Matthews
126 |
Special
52 |
| 6 pm | Baier
342 |
King, USA
77 |
Sharpton
139 |
Prime
66 |
| 7 pm | Shep
265 |
Burnett
94 |
Matthews
197 |
Velez-Mitchell
100 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
359 |
Cooper
106 |
Schultz
205 |
Grace
115 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
455 |
Piers
114 |
Maddow
272 |
Dr. Drew
59 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
483 |
Cooper
144 |
Special
189 |
Grace
66 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
377 |
Burnett
111 |
Special
246 |
Showbiz
97 |
| TOTAL DAY | 307 | 101 | 138 | 76 |
| PRIME TIME | 433 | 121 | 222 | 78 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
1,763 |
Blitzer
453 |
Matthews
730 |
Special
167 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1,879 |
King, USA
314 |
Sharpton
664 |
Prime 209 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1,477 |
Burnett
335 |
Matthews
756 |
Velez-Mitchell
269 |
| 8 pm | O’Reill
2,403 |
Cooper
380 |
Schultz
994 |
Grace
337 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2,143 |
Piers
410 |
Maddow
1,015 |
DrDrew
254 |
| 10 pm | Greta
1,782 |
Cooper
483 |
Special 409 |
Grace
186 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1,086 |
Burnett
269 |
Special 381 |
Showbiz
218 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1,338 | 361 | 492 | 206 |
| PRIME TIME | 2,113 | 425 | 793 | 254 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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