This is TVNewser’s fundamental cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of September 22, 2025.
MSNBC is quickly approaching a major transition period in its existence because it approaches the ultimate phases of its affiliation with the NBCUniversal News Group household. The community concluded its penultimate week as an NBCU member by changing into the one information community to keep away from declines in each whole viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo throughout primetime and whole day.
Fox News was the No. 1 most-watched cable information community; nonetheless, it was additionally the one cable information community to expertise declines throughout the board throughout each dayparts.
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According to Nielsen huge knowledge + panel for the week of September 22, Fox News averaged 2.454 million whole viewers and 249,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -8% in whole viewers and down -14% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week beginning September 15).
Fox News averaged 1.524 million whole viewers and 156,000 A25-54 viewers in whole day viewing. Based on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was down by -14% in whole viewers and -22% within the demo.
Fox News slipped to second place in whole primetime viewers and was the No. 2 community within the demo amongst all fundamental cable networks. In whole day, it remained in first place in whole viewers and was in second place within the whole day demo.
MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 853,000 whole viewers and 71,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community was flat in whole viewers and noticed a +1% acquire within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime.
During whole day, MSNBC averaged 514,000 whole viewers and 48,000 demo viewers. This represented progress of +2% in whole viewers and +9% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.
Among all fundamental cable networks, MSNBC completed in third place in whole primetime viewers and ranked No. 12 within the demo, tied with FX. It was in third place in whole viewers and ranked eleventh within the whole day demo.
NCS averaged 538,000 whole primetime viewers and 86,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of September 22. It was down -6% in whole viewers and -1% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week.
In whole day, the community had 387,000 whole viewers and 59,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in a -3% drop in whole viewers, however it rose by +2% within the demo throughout this daypart.
Among all cable networks, NCS completed in fourth place in whole viewers and moved up by one place to No. 9 within the demo throughout primetime. It additionally completed in fourth place through the whole day with whole viewers and went from No. 8 to No. 7 within the demo, tied with Comedy Central.
