That is TVNewser’s primary cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of July 7, 2025.
The primary full week of July delivered excellent news for MSNBC, because it was the one cable information community to expertise across-the-board positive factors in primetime and whole viewers.
Fox Information, which remained the most-watched cable information community, recorded positive factors in whole viewers throughout primetime, but it surely regressed in different classes, whereas CNN was the one community to expertise declines in each monitored segments throughout primetime and whole day.
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In accordance with Nielsen Reside Plus Identical-Day information for the week of July 7, Fox Information averaged 2.436 million whole viewers and 261,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community skilled a achieve of +2% in whole viewers however noticed a decline of -13% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week (the week starting June 30).
Fox Information averaged 1.544 million whole viewers and 190,000 A25-54 viewers in whole day viewing. Primarily based on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was down -6% in whole viewers and -16% within the demo.
Fox Information remained in first place in whole primetime viewers and the demo amongst all primary cable networks. In whole day, it remained in first place in whole viewers and the whole day demo.
MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 888,000 whole viewers and 86,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community noticed a +20% enhance in whole viewers and a +23% enhance within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime.
Throughout whole day, MSNBC averaged 531,000 whole viewers and 52,000 demo viewers, representing positive factors of +9% in whole viewers and +2% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week earlier than.
Amongst all primary cable networks, MSNBC completed in second place in whole primetime viewers and jumped from No. 23 to No. 14 within the demo. Throughout whole day, it remained in second place in whole viewers and completed in twelfth place within the whole day demo, up 4 spots from the earlier week.
CNN averaged 484,000 whole primetime viewers and 89,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of July 7. It was down -8% in whole viewers and -20% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week.
In whole day, the community had 368,000 whole viewers and 61,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in a -9% loss in whole viewers and a -16% loss within the demo throughout this daypart.
In relation to all of the cable networks, CNN slipped one place to sixth in whole viewers and was within the No. 9 place, down two spots, within the demo throughout primetime. It remained in fourth place throughout whole day and was in eighth place, down from sixth, within the demo.
When taking a look at these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a yr in the past, which occurred to be the identical week that the assassination try on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump occurred:
- Throughout primetime, Fox Information was down by -37% in whole viewers and -54% within the A25-54 demo. Throughout whole day, the community dropped by -25% in whole viewers and -35% within the demo.
- MSNBC was down -26% in whole viewers and -38% within the demo. Throughout whole day, the community was down -23% in whole viewers and -33% within the demo.
- In primetime, CNN declined by -52% in whole viewers and -65% within the demo. Throughout whole day, it was down in whole viewers by -35% and -50% within the demo.
PROGRAMMING:
Fox Information had 13 out of the 15 spots of the most-watched cable information exhibits of the week, with The 5 staying on high with 3.545 million whole viewers at 5 p.m. ET. MSNBC’s highest-rated present within the chart was The Rachel Maddow Present at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays, which got here within the No. 7 place with 2.054 million whole viewers.
The 5 was additionally within the No. 1 spot within the Adults 25-54 demo, averaging 376,000 viewers at 5 p.m. ET. Fox Information held 13 out of the 15 high spots within the demo, with MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Present at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays occupying the sixth spot, drawing 252,000 viewers.
Prime Time
Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 2,436,000 888,000 484,000 • A25-54: 261,000 86,000 89,000
Complete Day
Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 1,544,000 531,000 368,000 • A25-54: 190,000 52,000 61,000
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