The cable information scores for 2025 are in, and it was one other sturdy 12 months for Fox News, which posted features in complete viewers throughout primetime and complete day in comparison with 2024.
On the opposite finish, NCS and the newly branded MS NOW (previously MSNBC) each noticed declines in comparison with final 12 months, falling by double-digits in complete viewers and the important thing Adults 25-54 demo in primetime and complete day.
Fox News additionally skilled declines in the important thing 25-54 demo, although to not the extent of its rival networks, posting single-digit drops.
According to AdWeek, citing Nielsen huge information + panel for 2025, Fox News averaged 2.652 million complete viewers (up 11 per cent on final 12 months) throughout primetime. In the demo, the community averaged 278,000 viewers, down 5 % year-over-year.
It needs to be famous that Nielsen modified its ranking methodology final 12 months, so the way in which numbers are measured in comparison with 2024 may very well be skewed.
In complete day, Fox News averaged 1.691 million complete viewers (up 16 per cent in comparison with 2024) and 180,000 in the important thing demo (down 3 per cent).
Fox News topped the charts for complete primetime viewers throughout all cable networks and positioned third within the demo. It additionally held the highest spot for complete viewers throughout complete day and ranked second within the demo.
MS NOW (MSNBC till November 2025) averaged 915,000 complete viewers (down 15 per cent on 2024) and 80,000 demo viewers (down 40 per cent on final 12 months) in primetime. During complete day, MS NOW averaged 551,000 complete viewers (down 30 per cent) and 48,000 demo viewers (down 43 per cent).
Overall, MS NOW ranked third in complete primetime viewers throughout all primary cable networks and dropped from ninth to nineteenth within the demo. In complete day, the community dropped from No. 3 to No. 2 in complete viewers and from eighth to thirteenth within the demo.
Meanwhile, NCS averaged 573,000 complete viewers (down 16 per cent) and 102,000 demo viewers (down 31 per cent) in primetime. Across complete day, it had 432,000 complete viewers (down 10 per cent) and 70,000 demo viewers (down 23 per cent).
NCS ranked seventh amongst complete viewers throughout all primary cable networks for 2025 and tenth (down from sixth) within the demo. For complete day, the community remained in fourth place for complete viewers and dropped from sixth to seventh within the demo chart.
As for programming, Fox News made up 14 of the 15 spots of the most-watched cable exhibits of the 12 months. The Five took the highest spot with 4.046 million viewers and 377,000 demo viewers.
The solely non-Fox News present within the Top 15 was MS NOW’s The Rachel Maddow Show, which positioned at No. 13 with 1.864 million viewers and No. 14 within the demo chart with 172,000 viewers.
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