A Jesse Watters-less edition of Primetime saw its total viewer and Adults 25-54 audience fall on Friday night. Fox News’ 8 p.m. ET show finished third in total viewers and fourth place in the demo for the night with The Five claiming most-watched status in both categories. FNC finished as the second most-watched network in all of television during primetime. Meanwhile, Rachel Maddow was first for MSNBC and The Lead with Jake Tapper led for CNN.
25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 241 | CNN: 72 | MSNBC: 56
Prime: FNC: 332 | CNN: 108 | MSNBC: 96
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 300 |
Hunt: 84 |
Wallace: 71 |
| 5PM | Five: 423 |
Tapper: 115 |
Wallace: 89 |
| 6PM | Baier: 356 |
Tapper: 129 |
The Beat: 74 |
| 7PM | Ingraham: 358 |
Burnett: 134 |
Prime: 87 |
| 8PM | Primetime: 341 |
Cooper: 122 |
Hayes: 65 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 316 |
The Source: 99 |
Maddow: 143 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld: 339 |
Phillip: 104 |
The Last Word: 81 |
| 11PM | Fox News @Night: 232 |
Coates: 44 |
Ruhle: 66 |
Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 1.930 | CNN: 414 | MSNBC: 704
Prime: FNC: 3.095 | CNN: 540 | MSNBC: 1.271
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 2.617 |
Hunt: 626 |
Wallace: 1.136 |
| 5PM | Five: 3.868 |
Tapper: 669 |
Wallace: 1.304 |
| 6PM | Baier: 3.013 |
Tapper: 557 |
The Beat: 952 |
| 7PM | Ingraham: 3.384 |
Burnett: 587 |
Prime: 830 |
| 8PM | Primetime: 3.368 |
Cooper: 624 |
Hayes: 886 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 2.829 |
The Source: 502 |
Maddow: 1.844 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld: 3.089 |
Phillip: 493 |
The Last Word: 1.082 |
| 11PM | Fox News @Night: 1.608 |
Coates 265 |
Ruhle: 734 |
