That is TVNewser’s primary cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of August 11, 2025.
The week that featured a high-profile summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin lifted each Fox Information and CNN, as they noticed week-to-week beneficial properties throughout the board throughout primetime and complete day.
In the course of the just-concluded week, 65% of the primetime viewers and 64% of the full day cable information viewers belonged to Fox Information. Notably, the community had 5 hours end above 3 million complete viewers on Friday, the day of the summit between the 2 world leaders.
In the meantime, soon-to-be-rebranded MSNBC solely noticed development within the Adults 25-54 demo throughout primetime.
NETWORKS:
In line with Nielsen stay plus same-day information for the week of August 11, Fox Information averaged 2.342 million complete viewers and 245,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was up +2% in complete viewers and +13% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting August 4).
Fox Information averaged 1.491 million complete viewers and 164,000 A25-54 viewers in complete day viewing. Based mostly on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was up +4% in complete viewers and +7% within the demo.
Fox Information remained in first and third place in complete primetime and demo viewers, respectively. Throughout complete day, it remained in first place in complete viewers and moved to the No. 1 place, rising from second within the complete day demo.
MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 797,000 complete viewers and 74,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community registered a -3% loss in complete viewers, however noticed a +1% acquire within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime.
Throughout complete day, MSNBC averaged 497,000 complete viewers and 44,000 demo viewers. This represented declines of -5% in complete viewers and -8% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.
Amongst all primary cable networks, MSNBC slid to 3rd from second place in complete primetime viewers and remained at No. 19 within the demo. It remained in second place in complete viewers and fell from thirteenth to sixteenth place within the complete day demo.
CNN averaged 467,000 complete primetime viewers and 84,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of August 11. It was up +4% in complete viewers and +8% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week.
In complete day, the community had 353,000 complete viewers and 56,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in beneficial properties of +10% in complete viewers and +14% within the demo throughout this daypart.
Amongst all cable networks, CNN remained in seventh place in complete viewers and completed within the No. 13 place, tied with Bravo, within the demo throughout primetime. Throughout complete day, it ascended to fourth from fifth place in complete viewers and rose to No. 8 from No. 12 within the demo.
When taking a look at these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a yr in the past:
- Throughout primetime, Fox Information was up +3% in complete viewers however down -16% within the A25-54 demo. Throughout complete day, the community was up by +6% in complete viewers however was down -13% within the demo.
- MSNBC was down -44% in complete viewers and -54% within the demo. Throughout complete day, the community was down -47% in complete viewers and -57% within the demo.
- In primetime, CNN declined by -41% in complete viewers and -46% within the demo. Throughout complete day, it noticed losses of -37% in complete viewers and -43% within the demo.
PROGRAMMING:
Fox Information had 13 out of the 15 spots of the most-watched cable information reveals of the week, with The 5 on prime with 3.450 million complete viewers at 5 p.m. ET. MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Present at 9 p.m. ET on Monday reached the No. 7 place with 1.904 million complete viewers. In the meantime, The Final Phrase with Lawrence O’Donnell at 10 p.m. ET took the No. 15 spot with 1.176 million complete viewers.
The 5 remained in first place within the Adults 25-54 demo, averaging 342,000 viewers at 5 p.m. ET. Fox Information had 13 out of the 15 prime spots within the demo, with The Rachel Maddow Present at 9 p.m. ET on Monday taking the No.11 place with 167,000 demo viewers. CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip at 10 p.m. ET was in fifteenth place with 109,000 demo viewers.
Prime Time
Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Whole Viewers: 2,342,000 797,000 467,000 • A25-54: 245,000 74,000 84,000
Whole Day
Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Whole Viewers: 1,491,000 497,000 353,000 • A25-54: 164,000 44,000 56,000
