Week of June 22 Cable News Ratings: Fox News and MS NOW Share the Spoils

That is TVNewser’s primary cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of June 22, 2026.

Fox Information and MS NOW concluded the week with some optimistic momentum as they recorded particular person wins in whole viewers throughout whole day and the Adults 25-54 demo throughout whole day, respectively.

All networks have been down in each measured classes throughout primetime, because the official onset of summer time and continued motion from the FIFA World Cup could have saved viewers away from cable information networks.

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In line with Nielsen large knowledge + panel for the week of June 22, Fox Information averaged 2.223 million whole viewers and 187,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -2% in whole viewers and -7% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week beginning June 15). 

Throughout whole day viewing, Fox Information averaged 1.439 million whole viewers and 126,000 A25-54 viewers. Based mostly on its common from the earlier week’s measurements, the community was up +2% in whole viewers however skilled a -3% drop within the demo.

Fox Information reclaimed first place in whole primetime viewership and remained in third place in demo viewership amongst all primary cable networks. Throughout whole day, it continued to be No. 1 in whole viewers and in third place within the whole day demo.

MS NOW averaged 1.025 million whole viewers and 86,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community declined by -4% in whole viewers and -2% within the demo in comparison with its primetime common the week prior.

Throughout whole day, MS NOW averaged 649,000 whole viewers and 59,000 demo viewers. It was down -1% in whole viewers however up +5% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.

Amongst all primary cable networks, MS NOW slid from third to fourth in whole primetime viewers and was fifteenth within the demo, tied with Discovery Channel. It moved again to second from third in whole viewers and remained in eleventh place within the whole day demo. 

CNN averaged 622,000 whole primetime viewers and 85,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime for the week of June 22. The community fell by -3% in whole viewers and -11% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week. 

Throughout whole day, the community had 446,000 whole viewers and 57,000 viewers within the demo. CNN recorded drops of -2% in whole viewers and -3% throughout this daypart.

Amongst all cable networks, CNN moved down one spot to seventh in whole viewers and was seventeenth within the demo throughout primetime, tied with TNT. It rose two spots to land in third place in whole day amongst whole viewers and was twelfth within the demo.