With Bill Weir hosting CNN Tonight on Friday, averaged its second-lowest ratings during the 9 p.m. hour in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers in nearly 15 years. The CNN show had 48K viewers in the demo and 226K total, according to Nielsen.

The only other time the 9 p.m. hour rated lower than that in total viewers dating back to 2000 came on October 11, 2010 when Larry King Live had 196K. In the demo, it occurred on May 15, 2012 when Piers Morning Tonight had just 39K viewers.

During that hour Friday night, Fox’s The Kelly File came in first place with 193K in the demo and 1.360M total viewers. MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show was second with 107K in the demo and 560K total viewers.





Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) 6 – 9 am Fox & Friends 202 New Day 69 Morning Joe 86 Express 87 5 pm The Five 227 Blitzer 84 Schultz 129 Detective 46 6 pm Baier 194 Blitzer/Crossfire 51/37 Sharpton 114 Detective 44 7 pm Van Susteren 137 Burnett 79 Matthews 118 Velez-Mitchell 43 8 pm O’Reilly 200 Cooper 84 Hayes 104 Grace 49 9 pm Kelly 193 Weir 48 Maddow 107 Files 75 10 pm Hannity 193 Weir 70 Investigates 96 Files 65 11 pm O’Reilly 130 Bourdain 103 Investigates 183 Files 91 PRIME TIME 195 67 103 63 Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) 6 – 9 am Fox & Friends 930 New Day 212 Morning Joe 329 Express 200 5 pm The Five 1.695 Blitzer 343 Schultz 509 Detective 109 6 pm Baier 1.630 Blitzer/Crossfire 316/282 Sharpton 496 Detective 126 7 pm Van Susteren 1.224 Burnett 338 Matthews 588 Velez-Mitchell 151 8 pm O’Reilly 1.508 Cooper 353 Hayes 398 Grace 185 9 pm Kelly 1.360 Weir 226 Maddow 560 Files 224 10 pm Hannity 1.046 Weir 232 Investigates 280 Files 278 11 pm O’Reilly 743 Bourdain 200 Investigates 356 Files 269 PRIME TIME 1.305 270 414 229 Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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