That is TVNewser’s primary cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of October 6, 2025.
Fox Information, MSNBC, and CNN skilled erosion in viewership throughout primetime and whole day, each in whole viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo, for the just-concluded week.
The primetime demo losses for all three networks weren’t sort as all of them registered double-digit drops inside that phase.
For the week of October 6, Fox Information outperformed the CBS broadcast community throughout weekday primetime amongst whole viewers, with 2.7 million viewers in comparison with 2.2 million.
In the meantime, the 1 p.m. ET replay of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS completed forward of its cable information rivals for the second week in a row within the advertiser-coveted demo with 96,000 viewers. It was forward of Fox Information, which had 91,000 viewers, and MSNBC, which had 44,000 viewers.
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In accordance with Nielsen huge information + panel for the week of October 6, Fox Information averaged 2.285 million whole viewers and 220,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -7% in whole viewers and -11% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting September 29).
Fox Information averaged 1.481 million whole viewers and 145,000 A25-54 viewers in whole day viewing. Primarily based on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was additionally down -4% in whole viewers and -2% within the demo.
Fox Information remained in second place in whole primetime viewership and fourth place within the demo amongst all primary cable networks. In whole day, it remained in first place in whole viewers and slid from second to 3rd place within the whole day demo.
MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 814,000 whole viewers and 78,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community noticed losses of -9% in whole viewers and -10% within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime. It remained the second most-watched community within the primetime demo for the second consecutive week.
Throughout whole day, MSNBC averaged 504,000 whole viewers and 46,000 demo viewers. This represented a lower of -3% in whole viewers and -2% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.
Amongst all primary cable networks, MSNBC fell two locations to fifth place in whole primetime viewers and dropped from No. 12 to No. 16 within the demo. It was fourth, down from third place, in whole viewers and moved right down to fifteenth place from 14th within the whole day demo.
CNN averaged 459,000 whole primetime viewers and 66,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of October 6. It was down -14% in whole viewers and -21% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week.
In whole day, the community had 382,000 whole viewers and 56,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in a -3% loss in whole viewers and -7% within the demo throughout this daypart.
Amongst all cable networks, CNN slipped to eighth place from sixth in whole viewers and dropped from No. 13 to No. 21 within the demo throughout primetime. It fell to sixth place from fourth throughout whole day with whole viewers and dropped down one spot to No. 9 within the demo.
When taking a look at these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a 12 months in the past, which featured protection of Hurricane Milton:
- Throughout primetime, Fox Information was down by -8% in whole viewers and by -27% within the A25-54 demo. Throughout whole day, the community noticed decreases of -5% in whole viewers and -28% within the demo.
- MSNBC was down -34% in whole viewers and -40% within the demo. Throughout whole day, the community was down -42% in whole viewers and -51% within the demo.
- In primetime, CNN declined by -40% in whole viewers and -59% within the demo. Throughout whole day, it noticed losses of -32% in whole viewers and -48% 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 cleared the path with 3.657 million whole viewers at 5 p.m. ET. MSNBC’s presence within the chart was courtesy of The Rachel Maddow Present, which aired at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays, taking the No. 11 place with 1.883 million whole viewers.
The 5 reclaimed its first place place within the Adults 25-54 demo, averaging 211,000 viewers at 5 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. 12 place with 122,000 viewers.
Prime Time
Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 2,285,000 814,000 459,000 • A25-54: 220,000 78,000 66,000
Complete Day
Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 1,481,000 504,000 382,000 • A25-54: 145,000 46,000 56,000
Week 10-6-25 P25-54 Cable Ranker BDP by Adweek
