That is TVNewser’s fundamental cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of September 1, 2025.
All three cable information networks returned from the Labor Day vacation weekend with blended outcomes. CNN was the one community to expertise constructive motion, rising in whole viewers throughout primetime and whole day, in addition to within the Adults 25-54 demo throughout whole day.
Fox Information and MSNBC noticed viewers declines throughout each measured classes throughout each dayparts. Fox Information recorded the steepest fall within the advertiser-coveted demo throughout primetime and whole day.
Nonetheless, it remained the most-watched cable community in whole day and was forward of CBS and ABC in whole viewers throughout primetime. Fox Information additionally commanded 64% of the primetime and 61% of the overall day cable information viewers, delivering 96 of the highest 100 weekly cable information telecasts.
NETWORKS:
In response to Nielsen Large Information + Panel for the week of September 1, Fox Information averaged 1.977 million whole viewers and 164,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -5% in whole viewers and down -25% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting August 25).
Fox Information averaged 1.290 million whole viewers and 118,000 A25-54 viewers in whole day viewing. Based mostly on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was down by -7% in whole viewers and -22% within the demo.
Fox Information was the No. 2 community in whole primetime viewers and within the demo amongst all fundamental cable networks. In whole day, it remained in first place in whole viewers and was in second place within the whole day demo.
MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 666,000 whole viewers and 58,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community fell by -10% in whole viewers and -13% within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime.
Throughout whole day, MSNBC averaged 466,000 whole viewers and 37,000 demo viewers. This represented a -6% loss in whole viewers and a -21% fall within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.
Amongst all fundamental cable networks, MSNBC completed in third place in whole primetime viewers and ranked No. 20 within the demo. It was in third place in whole viewers and landed in fifteenth place within the whole day demo.
CNN averaged 451,000 whole primetime viewers and 62,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of September 1. It was up +25% in whole viewers however fell by -10% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week.
In whole day, the community had 366,000 whole viewers and 54,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in a 17% enhance in whole viewers and an 8% enhance within the demo throughout this daypart.
Amongst all cable networks, CNN completed in sixth in whole viewers and within the No. 18 place within the demo throughout primetime. It completed in fourth place throughout whole day and was ninth within the demo.
When these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a yr in the past:
- Throughout primetime, Fox Information was down by -11% in whole viewers and -41% within the A25-54 demo. Throughout whole day, the community additionally fell by -5% in whole viewers and -33% within the demo.
- MSNBC was down -40% in whole viewers and -48% within the demo. Throughout whole day, the community was down -44% in whole viewers and -56% within the demo.
- In primetime, CNN declined by -32% in whole viewers and -50% within the demo. Throughout whole day, it noticed losses of -26% in whole viewers and -35% within the demo.
PROGRAMMING:
Fox Information had 14 out of the 15 spots of the most-watched cable information reveals of the week, with The 5 persevering with to paved the way with 3.275 million whole viewers at 5 p.m. ET. MSNBC was represented within the chart by Deadline: White Home with Nicolle Wallace at 4 p.m. ET, taking the No. 15 place with 1.099 million whole viewers.
The 5 was additionally within the No. 1 spot within the Adults 25-54 demo, averaging 279,000 viewers at 5 p.m. ET. Fox Information held 14 out of the 15 high spots within the demo, with CNN’s Inside Politics with Dana Bash at 12 p.m. ET taking the No. 15 place with 99,000 demo viewers.
Prime Time
Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 1,977,000 666,000 451,000 • A25-54: 164,000 58,000 62,000
Complete Day
Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 1,290,000 466,000 366,000 • A25-54: 118,000 37,000 54,000
