Fox News’ On the Record with Greta Van Susteren had twice as many viewers in its demo as CNN on Friday (Monday, you’ll recall, was a holiday) during the 10pm hour, and over three times as many total viewers as CNN and MSNBC.
As for this past weekend, during the funeral coverage of Whitney Houston‘s funeral, (12:15p-3:45p), CNN averaged 2.2 million P25-54 vs. 405k on Fox News and 251k on MSNBC. In total viewers, CNN averaged 5.0 million vs. 1.4 million on Fox News and 709k on MSNBC. HLN ranked second during funeral coverage (12:15p-3:45p) in total viewers and P25-54, averaging 1.4 million and 462k viewers, respectively.
Here are the rest of your Friday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
430 |
Blitzer
94 |
Matthews
114 |
Special
85 |
| 6 pm | Baier
385 |
King
73 |
Sharpton
138 |
Prime
71 |
| 7 pm | Smith
469 |
Burnett
113 |
Matthews
172 |
Velez Mitchell
118 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
452 |
Cooper
175 |
Schultz
184 |
Grace
221 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
379 |
Morgan
121 |
Maddow
288 |
Dr. Drew
77 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
351 |
Cooper
128 |
Lockup
188 |
Grace
74 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
389 |
Burnett
121 |
Lockup
193 |
Showbiz
105 |
| TOTAL DAY | 310 | 109 | 143 | 96 |
| PRIME TIME | 396 | 141 | 220 | 121 |
| 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
1,669 |
Blitzer
456 |
Matthews
717 |
Special
213 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1,716 |
King
319 |
Sharpton
726 |
Prime
205 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1,655 |
Burnett
343 |
Matthews
745 |
Velez Mitchell
247 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2,548 |
Cooper
494 |
Schultz
855 |
Grace
588 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1,939 |
Morgan
499 |
Maddow
948 |
Dr. Drew
316 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1,432 |
Cooper
404 |
Lockup 386 |
Grace
317 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1,118 |
Burnett
324 |
Lockup
358 |
Showbiz
352 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1,272 | 360 | 500 | 265 |
| PRIME TIME | 1,982 | 465 | 735 | 401 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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