Friday evening, Fox News’ The Five was #1 across all of cable news in the 25-54 demo with 335K viewers. During the 5pm hour, The Five beat second place Wolf Blitzer on CNN with 250K and Chris Matthews on MSNBC with 127K.
In terms of total viewers, Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor was #1 for all of cable news 2.107M viewers at 8pm. The Five was #2 with 2.021.
Here are the rest of your Friday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
335 |
Blitzer
250 |
Matthews
127 |
Express
43 |
| 6 pm | Baier
259 |
Blitzer
268 |
Sharpton
156 |
Express
31 |
| 7 pm | Smith
265 |
Burnett
217 |
Matthews
179 |
Velez-Mitchell
62 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
321 |
Cooper
237 |
Hayes
189 |
Grace
106 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
292 |
Morgan
191 |
Martin Special
240 |
Mystery
112 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
222 |
Cooper
180 |
Sharpton
230 |
Mystery
110 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
208 |
Stroumboulopoulos
146 |
Investigates
299 |
Grace
148 |
| TOTAL DAY | 231 | 175 | 164 | 94 |
| PRIME TIME | 279 | 203 | 220 | 108 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.021 |
Blitzer
581 |
Matthews
594 |
Express
128 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.707 |
Blitzer
543 |
Sharpton
627 |
Express
122 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.362 |
Burnett
504 |
Matthews
606 |
Velez-Mitchell
238 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.107 |
Cooper
567 |
Hayes
610 |
Grace
351 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1.521 |
Morgan
510 |
Martin Special
660 |
Mystery
316 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1.063 |
Cooper
522 |
Sharpton
507 |
Mystery
282 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
935 |
Stroumboulopoulos
387 |
Investigates
492 |
Grace
266 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.207 | 475 | 458 | 226 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.568 | 533 | 593 | 307 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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