Friday’s Ratings: Lawrence O’Donnell Bids Adieu To 8 p.m. Time Slot By Finishing Second
While FOX continued to pounce all comers in the ratings, it was MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell who made for the most intriguing storyline: Friday marked his last show at 8 p.m. (he’s being swapped with Ed Schultz and starts broadcasting at 10 p.m. tonight), and he went out with a bang, finishing in second place behind Bill O’Reilly in the time slot, (among adults, 25-54). Even more impressive, especially for those not interested in demos, was that O’Donnell was the only non-FOX show to attract over one million total viewers. He had the most total viewers of any show on MSNBC on Friday night.
Some other fun facts from Friday:
Here are the complete cable news ratings for Friday night:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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5 pm | The5
382 |
Blitzer
162 |
Matthews
166 |
Special
156 |
6 pm | Baier
323 |
King, USA
122 |
Sharpton
169 |
Prime
151 |
7 pm | Shep
410 |
Burnett
118 |
Matthews
172 |
Issues
142 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
660 |
Cooper
174 |
O’Donnell
252 |
Grace
104 |
9 pm | Hannity
482 |
Piers
168 |
Maddow
254 |
DrDrew
85 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
349 |
Cooper
219 |
MSNBC Investigates
150 |
Behar
73 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
369 |
Burnett
135 |
MSNBC Investigates
259 |
Showbiz
135 |
TOTAL DAY | 290 | 127 | 156 | 108 |
PRIME TIME | 502 | 187 | 219 | 85 |
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
1,502 |
Blitzer
624 |
Matthews
609 |
Special
599 |
6 pm | Baier
1,886 |
King, USA
485 |
Sharpton
689 |
Prime
586 |
7 pm | Shep
1,779 |
Burnett
411 |
Matthews
792 |
Issues
604 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
3,111 |
Cooper
587 |
O’Donnell
1,026 |
Grace
616 |
9 pm | Hannity
2,055 |
Piers
699 |
Maddow
937 |
DrDrew
444 |
10 pm | Greta
1,660 |
Cooper
655 |
MSNBC Investigates 319 |
Behar
347 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1,316 |
Burnett
376 |
MSNBC Investigates 416 |
Showbiz
329 |
TOTAL DAY | 1,228 | 435 | 444 | 339 |
PRIME TIME | 2,286 | 647 | 761 | 458 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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