Friday Primetime Ratings: FNC Quadruples CNN; Headline News Beats Mothership

By Brian 

What happened on Friday night? FNC more than quadrupled CNN, and FNC’s 25-54 demographic number beat CNN’s total viewer number in primetime. Additionally, Headline News beat CNN in primetime. Here are the primetime #s:

Primetime, total viewers:

FNC: 1,417,000 / HLN: 383,000 / CNN: 345,000 / MSNBC: 195,000 / CNBC: 180,000

Primetime, 25-54 demo:

FNC: 358,000 / HLN: 155,000 / CNBC: 108,000 / CNN: 107,000 / MSNBC: 71,000

Other Friday night notable numbers, as provided by FNC:

> Greta attracted almost one million more viewers than Aaron Brown (1,234,000 vs. 239,000). Greta’s 25-54 demo number beat NewsNight’s P2+ viewership for the second night in a row.

> Shep Smith averaged 1,004,000 P2+. His 25-54 demo # (279,000) beat Anderson Cooper’s total viewership (263,000).

> O’Reilly’s 25-54 demo rating (430,000) beat the total viewer numbers for Zahn (232,000) and Olbermann (188,000) — combined.

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