Racking up 332k in the demo, The Five beat out Bret Baier‘s 312k, and O’Reilly’s 292k.
In total viewership, however, O’Reilly maintained his dominance, garnering 1.98M viewers compared to The Five‘s 1.80M and Baier’s 1.71M.
Here are the rest of your Friday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The5 332 | Blitzer 143 | Matthews 191 | Express 47 |
| 6 pm | Baier 312 | Blitzer 98 | Sharpton 197 | Express 70 |
| 7 pm | Shep 287 | Burnett 132 | Matthews 167 | Velez-Mitchell 100 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 292 | Cooper 138 | Schultz 169 | Grace Mysteries 136 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 247 | Morgan 103 | Maddow 268 | Wknd Mysteries 98 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 196 | Cooper 154 | O’Donnell 138 | Wknd Mysteries 132 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 143 | Burnett 85 | Schultz 115 | Grace Mysteries 171 |
| TOTAL DAY | 219 | 103 | 138 | 109 |
| PRIME TIME | 245 | 131 | 192 | 122 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The5 1.797 | Blitzer 550 | Matthews 830 | Express 118 |
| 6 pm | Baier 1.705 | Blitzer 355 | Sharpton 728 | Express 166 |
| 7 pm | Smith 1.434 | Burnett 434 | Matthews 716 | Velez-Mitchell 261 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 1.979 | Cooper 543 | Schultz 762 | Grace Mysteries 341 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 1.460 | Morgan 535 | Maddow 927 | Wknd Mysteries 279 |
| 10 pm | Greta 1.170 | Cooper 422 | O’Donnell 515 | Wknd Mysteries 345 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 824 | Burnett 213 | Schultz 334 | Grace Mysteries 445 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.076 | 342 | 466 | 261 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.543 | 502 | 735 | 322 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||