That is TVNewser’s primary cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of August 4, 2025.

Per week after being the one community with declines in whole viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo throughout primetime and whole day, MSNBC rebounded to start the primary week of August as the one cable information community with positive factors in each classes throughout the board.

Although Fox Information and CNN had declines within the measured classes, Fox Information continues its pattern of outperforming the cable and broadcast information networks in whole viewers throughout primetime. Monday by way of Friday (not the complete week), the community averaged 2.7 million whole primetime viewers, outperforming NBC, with 2.3 million whole viewers; ABC, with 2 million whole viewers; and CBS, with 1.9 million whole viewers. 

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In keeping with Nielsen’s stay plus same-day information for the week of August 4 (Mon-Solar), Fox Information averaged 2.290 million whole viewers and 217,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -4% in whole viewers and -16% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week beginning July 28). 

Fox Information averaged 1.436 million whole viewers and 153,000 A25-54 viewers in whole day viewing. Based mostly on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was down -3% in whole viewers and -8% within the demo.

Fox Information remained in first place in whole primetime viewers and fell to the No. 3 spot within the demo amongst all primary cable networks. In whole day, it remained in first place in whole viewers and completed because the No. 2 community within the whole day demo.

MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 821,000 whole viewers and 73,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community grew by +9% in whole viewers and +7% within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime. 

Throughout whole day, MSNBC averaged 523,000 whole viewers and 48,000 demo viewers. This represented a rise of +3% in whole viewers and +4% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior. It was the one cable information web with across-the-board progress.

Amongst all primary cable networks, MSNBC completed in second place in whole primetime viewers and moved to No. 19 from No. 20 within the demo. It remained in second place in whole viewers and in thirteenth place within the whole day demo. 

CNN averaged 450,000 whole primetime viewers and 78,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of August 4. It was down -10% in whole viewers and -8% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week. The community had a number of fill-in anchors throughout the week.

In whole day, the community had 320,000 whole viewers and 49,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in a -9% loss in whole viewers and -17% within the demo throughout this daypart.