That 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 levels of its affiliation with the NBCUniversal Information Group household. The community concluded its penultimate week as an NBCU member by turning into the one information community to keep away from declines in each complete viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo throughout primetime and complete day.

Fox Information 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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In response to Nielsen massive knowledge + panel for the week of September 22, Fox Information averaged 2.454 million complete viewers and 249,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -8% in complete viewers and down -14% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week beginning September 15). 

Fox Information averaged 1.524 million complete viewers and 156,000 A25-54 viewers in complete day viewing. Based mostly on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was down by -14% in complete viewers and -22% within the demo.

Fox Information slipped to second place in complete primetime viewers and was the No. 2 community within the demo amongst all fundamental cable networks. In complete day, it remained in first place in complete viewers and was in second place within the complete day demo.

MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 853,000 complete viewers and 71,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community was flat in complete viewers and noticed a +1% acquire within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime. 

Throughout complete day, MSNBC averaged 514,000 complete viewers and 48,000 demo viewers. This represented development of +2% in complete viewers and +9% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.

Amongst all fundamental cable networks, MSNBC completed in third place in complete primetime viewers and ranked No. 12 within the demo, tied with FX. It was in third place in complete viewers and ranked eleventh within the complete day demo. 

CNN averaged 538,000 complete primetime viewers and 86,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of September 22. It was down -6% in complete viewers and -1% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week. 

In complete day, the community had 387,000 complete viewers and 59,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in a -3% drop in complete viewers, but it surely rose by +2% within the demo throughout this daypart.

Amongst all cable networks, CNN completed in fourth place in complete viewers and moved up by one place to No. 9 within the demo throughout primetime. It additionally completed in fourth place through the complete day with complete viewers and went from No. 8 to No. 7 within the demo, tied with Comedy Central.