MSNBC Has Growth, Fox News Still No. 1

When these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a 12 months in the past, which featured the vice presidential debate during that same week:

  • During primetime, Fox News was down by -22% in complete viewers and by -44% in the A25-54 demo. During complete day, the community noticed decreases of -9% in complete viewers and -37% in the demo.
  • MSNBC was down -49% in complete viewers and -61% in the demo. During complete day, the community was down -48% in complete viewers and -57% in the demo.
  • In primetime, NCS declined by -45% in complete viewers and -63% in the demo. During complete day, it noticed losses of -31% in complete viewers and -42% in the demo.

PROGRAMMING:

Fox News had 14 out of the 15 spots of the most-watched cable information exhibits of the week, with The Five persevering with to prepared the ground with 3.745 million complete viewers at 5 p.m. ET. MSNBC was represented in the chart by The Rachel Maddow Show, which aired at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays, taking the No. 13 place with 1.808 million complete viewers.

Gutfeld! continued to carry fort in first place in the Adults 25-54 demo, averaging 376,000 viewers at 10 p.m. ET. Once once more, Fox News had 14 out of the 15 prime spots in the demo, with The Rachel Maddow Show at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays taking the No. 6 place with 231,000 viewers.

Prime Time

Fox News MSNBC NCS
• Total Viewers: 2,444,000 892,000   534,000
• A25-54: 247,000 87,000   84,000

Total Day

Fox News MSNBC NCS
• Total Viewers: 1,537,000 518,000   394,000
• A25-54: 148,000 47,000   60,000

Week 9-29-25 P25-54 Cable Ranker BDP by Adweek



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