That is TVNewser’s fundamental cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of September 29, 2025.
Fox Information, MSNBC, and CNN all confirmed constructive momentum with whole viewers throughout whole day, as all three networks recorded week-to-week enhancements.
Exterior of that, the outcomes have been combined within the different dayparts and classes, with Fox Information and MSNBC not shedding viewership amongst whole viewers throughout primetime. In the meantime, MSNBC noticed double-digit development within the primetime demo. CNN was the one community with good points throughout the whole day demo.
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In line with Nielsen large information + panel for the week of September 29, Fox Information averaged 2.444 million whole viewers and 247,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was flat in whole viewers and down -1% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting September 22).
Fox Information averaged 1.537 million whole viewers and 148,000 A25-54 viewers in whole day viewing. Primarily based on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was up +1% in whole viewers however down -5% within the demo.
Fox Information remained in second place in whole primetime viewers and slid from No. 2 to No. 4 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 892,000 whole viewers and 87,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community noticed good points of +5% in whole viewers and +23% within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime. Its demo achieve pushed it forward of CNN, changing into the second most-watched community inside this advertiser-coveted group.
Throughout whole day, MSNBC averaged 518,000 whole viewers and 47,000 demo viewers. This represented development of +1% in whole viewers, however it dropped by -2% 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 was ranked No. 12 for demo. It was additionally in third place in whole viewers and fell three spots to 14th within the whole day demo.
CNN averaged 534,000 whole primetime viewers and 84,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of September 29. It was down -1% in whole viewers and -2% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week.
In whole day, the community had 394,000 whole viewers and 60,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in a +2% achieve in whole viewers and the demo throughout this daypart.
Amongst all cable networks, CNN slipped to sixth place from fourth in whole viewers and dropped from No. 9 to No. 13 within the demo throughout primetime. It remained in fourth place throughout whole day with whole viewers and moved down one spot to No. 8 within the demo.
When these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a 12 months in the past, which featured the vice presidential debate throughout that very same week:
- Throughout primetime, Fox Information was down by -22% in whole viewers and by -44% within the A25-54 demo. Throughout whole day, the community noticed decreases of -9% in whole viewers and -37% within the demo.
- MSNBC was down -49% in whole viewers and -61% within the demo. Throughout whole day, the community was down -48% in whole viewers and -57% within the demo.
- In primetime, CNN declined by -45% in whole viewers and -63% within the demo. Throughout whole day, it noticed losses of -31% in whole viewers and -42% within the demo.
PROGRAMMING:
Fox Information had 14 out of the 15 spots of the most-watched cable information exhibits of the week, with The 5 persevering with to paved the way with 3.745 million whole viewers at 5 p.m. ET. MSNBC was represented within the chart by The Rachel Maddow Present, which aired at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays, taking the No. 13 place with 1.808 million whole viewers.
Gutfeld! continued to carry fort in first place within the Adults 25-54 demo, averaging 376,000 viewers at 10 p.m. ET. As soon as once more, Fox Information had 14 out of the 15 high spots within the demo, with The Rachel Maddow Present at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays taking the No. 6 place with 231,000 viewers.
Prime Time
Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 2,444,000 892,000 534,000 • A25-54: 247,000 87,000 84,000
Complete Day
Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 1,537,000 518,000 394,000 • A25-54: 148,000 47,000 60,000
