Cable information scores for the week of March 16 are right here, and MS NOW stands out as the one community that didn’t expertise a week-over-week drop in whole viewers.
According to AdWeek, citing Nielsen massive information + panel for the week of March 16, MS NOW averaged 1.194 million whole viewers and 100,000 viewers within the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic in primetime. While the community was down 18 % within the demo in comparison with the week prior, its whole viewers had been up 3 %.
It was the identical story in whole day, with MS NOW averaging 719,000 whole viewers (up 3 % on the week earlier than) and 71,000 demo viewers (down by 3 % on the week prior). This marked MS NOW as the one cable information community to see week-to-week development.
Despite the expansion, MS NOW nonetheless trailed Fox News, which averaged 2.475 million whole viewers and 227,000 demo viewers throughout primetime for the week of March 16. Fox News was down 11 % in whole viewers and down 20 % in the important thing demo in comparison with the earlier week.
Fox News was additionally down in whole day viewing, with an common of 1.666 million whole viewers (down 5 %) and 156,000 demo viewers (down 11 %). Still, the community ranked first in primetime and whole day viewership.
Meanwhile, NCS averaged 786,000 whole viewers and 134,000 demo viewers in prime for the week of March 16. The community was down 4 % in whole viewers and down 10 % in the important thing demo in comparison with the week prior.
In whole day, NCS averaged 570,000 whole viewers (down 4 % from the earlier week) and 89,000 demo viewers (down 9 % from the earlier week).
NCS, nonetheless, had the most important beneficial properties in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. In primetime, the community was up 50 % in whole viewers and up 35 % within the demo, whereas in whole day, it rose by 41 % in whole viewers and 22 % within the demo.
MS NOW additionally noticed year-over-year development, with a rise of 4 % in primetime whole viewers (although it was down 7 % within the demo) and will increase of 18 % in whole viewers and 20 % within the demo in whole day.
Fox News was down in all measured classes when in comparison with the identical interval in 2025. In primetime, the community was down 14 % in whole viewers and 34 % within the demo, whereas in whole day, it was down 7 % in whole viewers and 29 % within the demo.
Despite year-over-year declines, Fox News nonetheless accounted for 13 of the highest 15 most-watched cable information reveals of the week, with The Five touchdown at No. 1 with a median of three.812 million whole viewers. The solely non-Fox reveals within the Top 15 had been MS NOW’s The Rachel Maddow Show (No. 7 with 2.393 million) and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (No. 15 with 1.536 million).
Fox News additionally held 13 of the 15 high spots within the demo, with The Five as soon as once more touchdown at No. 1 with 367,000 viewers. The two non-Fox reveals within the demo charts had been The Rachel Maddow Show (No. 7 with 226,000 demo viewers) and NCS’s Anderson Cooper 360 (No. 15 with 164,000 demo viewers).
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