Friday night from 5-7pm ET, CNN’s two-hour block of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer beat MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews and PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers.
At 5pm, Blitzer’s show had 103K in the demo and 557K total viewers while Matthews had 88K in the demo and 463 total viewers. Then, at 6pm, Blitzer 189K in the demo and 600K total viewers while Sharpton had 116K in the demo and 472K total viewers.
Here are the rest of your Friday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The Five 329 | Blitzer 103 | Matthews 88 | Express 38 |
| 6 pm | Baier 331 | Blitzer 189 | Sharpton 116 | Express 55 |
| 7 pm | Smith 343 | Burnett 199 | Matthews 122 | Velez-Mitchell 86 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 417 | Cooper 208 | Hayes 135 | Grace 86 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 293 | Morgan 136 | Maddow 189 | Mysteries 130 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 281 | Cooper 122 | O’Donnell 155 | Mysteries 143 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 300 | Burnett 182 | Hayes 175 | Grace 114 |
| TOTAL DAY | 274 | 120 | 117 | 96 |
| PRIME TIME | 331 | 156 | 160 | 120 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The Five 1.968 | Blitzer 557 | Matthews 463 | Express 272 |
| 6 pm | Baier 1.988 | Blitzer 600 | Sharpton 472 | Express 272 |
| 7 pm | Smith 1.648 | Burnett 592 | Matthews 461 | Velez-Mitchell 275 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 2.361 | Cooper 650 | Hayes 472 | Grace 277 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 1.838 | Morgan 532 | Maddow 674 | Mysteries 363 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 1.634 | Cooper 292 | O’Donnell 326 | Mysteries 365 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 1.163 | Burnett 477 | Hayes 336 | Grace 293 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.424 | 412 | 362 | 286 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.953 | 532 | 490 | 335 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||