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 positive factors throughout the board throughout primetime and whole day.
Throughout 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 whole viewers on Friday, the day of the summit between the 2 world leaders.
In the meantime, soon-to-be-rebranded MSNBC solely noticed progress within the Adults 25-54 demo throughout primetime.
NETWORKS:
In line with Nielsen reside plus same-day knowledge for the week of August 11, Fox Information averaged 2.342 million whole viewers and 245,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was up +2% in whole viewers and +13% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting August 4).
Fox Information averaged 1.491 million whole viewers and 164,000 A25-54 viewers in whole day viewing. Based mostly on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was up +4% in whole viewers and +7% within the demo.
Fox Information remained in first and third place in whole primetime and demo viewers, respectively. Throughout whole day, it remained in first place in whole viewers and moved to the No. 1 place, rising from second within the whole day demo.
MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 797,000 whole viewers and 74,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community registered a -3% loss in whole viewers, however noticed a +1% acquire within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime.
Throughout whole day, MSNBC averaged 497,000 whole viewers and 44,000 demo viewers. This represented declines of -5% in whole 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 whole primetime viewers and remained at No. 19 within the demo. It remained in second place in whole viewers and fell from thirteenth to sixteenth place within the whole day demo.
CNN averaged 467,000 whole primetime viewers and 84,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of August 11. It was up +4% in whole viewers and +8% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week.
In whole day, the community had 353,000 whole viewers and 56,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in positive factors of +10% in whole viewers and +14% within the demo throughout this daypart.
Amongst all cable networks, CNN remained in seventh place in whole viewers and completed within the No. 13 place, tied with Bravo, within the demo throughout primetime. Throughout whole day, it ascended to fourth from fifth place in whole viewers and rose to No. 8 from No. 12 within the demo.
When these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a yr in the past:
- Throughout primetime, Fox Information was up +3% in whole viewers however down -16% within the A25-54 demo. Throughout whole day, the community was up by +6% in whole viewers however was down -13% within the demo.
- MSNBC was down -44% in whole viewers and -54% within the demo. Throughout whole day, the community was down -47% in whole viewers and -57% within the demo.
- In primetime, CNN declined by -41% in whole viewers and -46% within the demo. Throughout whole day, it noticed losses of -37% in whole viewers and -43% 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 on prime with 3.450 million whole 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 whole 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 whole 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
Week 8-11-25 Cable Ranker by Adweek
