Friday night’s primetime evening and primetime schedule saw a lot of fill-in anchors, which likely contributed to lower viewership across the three cable news networks. Fox News still continued its reign as the most-watched network in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo. The Five finished below 4 million total viewers, but was still the most-watched program in total viewers, with Jesse Watters Primetime landing in first place in the demo. The Arena with Kasie Hunt was the most-watched show in total viewers while The Rachel Maddow Show unsurprisingly led the way for MSNBC.
25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 229 | CNN: 71 | MSNBC: 71
Prime: FNC: 334 | CNN: 83 | MSNBC: 127
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Will Cain Show: 258 | Hunt: 83 | Deadline: WH: 77 |
| 5PM | Five: 399 | The Lead: 94 | Deadline: WH: 89 |
| 6PM | Special Report: 283 | The Lead: 90 | The Beat: 77 |
| 7PM | Ingraham Angle: 264 | Burnett: 94 | Prime: 79 |
| 8PM | Watters: 410 | Cooper: 84 | Hayes: 89 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 274 | Collins: 69 | Maddow: 164 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld: 319 | CNN NewsNight: 97 | Last Word: 126 |
| 11PM | @Night: 203 | Coates: 87 | 11th Hour: 104 |
Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 1.836 | CNN: 415 | MSNBC: 698
Prime: FNC: 2.817 | CNN: 438 | MSNBC: 1.280
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Will Cain Show: 1.968 | Hunt: 587 | Deadline: WH: 1.015 |
| 5PM | Five: 3.744 | The Lead: 586 | Deadline: WH: 1.113 |
| 6PM | Special Report: 3.093 | The Lead: 446 | The Beat: 873 |
| 7PM | Ingraham Angle: 2.698 | Burnett: 514 | Prime: 635 |
| 8PM | Watters: 3.192 | Cooper: 474 | Hayes: 918 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 2.451 | Collins: 391 | Maddow: 1.893 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld: 2.809 | CNN NewsNight: 449 | Last Word: 1.030 |
| 11PM | @Night: 1.260 | Coates 346 | 11th Hour: 686 |
