Friday evening, as closing arguments in the George Zimmerman trial were getting underway, Fox News’ The Five came in first place in total viewers across all of cable news. During the 5pm hour, the show came in third place the 25-54 demo with 334K viewers, following CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer which had 424K viewers and HLN’s Evening Express which had 408K.
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
334 |
Blitzer
424 |
Matthews
140 |
Express
408 |
| 6 pm | Baier
303 |
Blitzer
349 |
Sharpton
144 |
Express
292 |
| 7 pm | Smith
241 |
Burnett
351 |
Matthews
139 |
Velez-Mitchell
286 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
250 |
Cooper
442 |
Hayes
179 |
Grace
340 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
370 |
Morgan
357 |
Zimmerman Sp.
147 |
Dr. Drew
307 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
310 |
Cooper
290 |
Zimmerman Sp.
147 |
After Dark
226 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
274 |
Cooper
273 |
Investigates
122 |
Grace
277 |
| TOTAL DAY | 275 | 316 | 140 | 302 |
| PRIME TIME | 310 | 363 | 158 | 291 |
| 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
1.879 |
Blitzer
1.138 |
Matthews
612 |
Express
1.019 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.679 |
Blitzer
850 |
Sharpton
596 |
Express
707 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.456 |
Burnett
760 |
Matthews
551 |
Velez-Mitchell
639 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
1.793 |
Cooper
1.014 |
Hayes
526 |
Grace
731 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1.668 |
Morgan
913 |
Zimmerman Sp.
396 |
Dr. Drew
658 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1.227 |
Cooper
691 |
Zimmerman Sp.
396 |
After Dark
491 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
892 |
Cooper
600 |
Investigates
280 |
Grace
575 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.254 | 849 | 456 | 759 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.569 | 873 | 440 | 627 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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