CNN Sees Demo Gains During Total Day

That is TVNewser’s fundamental cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of October 20, 2025.Fox Information, MSNBC, and CNN skilled viewership losses in primetime and whole day for the just-concluded week.CNN can take solace in the truth that it was the one community with week-to-week development in no less than one of many measured classes, because it noticed beneficial properties within the Adults 25-54 demo throughout whole day. In the meantime, MSNBC had the largest proportion decline in whole viewers throughout primetime. Fox Information had its forty second consecutive week main all of cable tv throughout whole day.NETWORKS:In response to Nielsen large knowledge + panel for the week of October 20, Fox Information averaged 2.274 million whole viewers and 217,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -3% in whole viewers and -5% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting October 13). Fox Information averaged 1.460 million whole viewers and 140,000 A25-54 viewers in whole day viewing. Based mostly on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was down -5% in whole viewers and -3% within the demo.Fox Information remained in second place in whole primetime viewership and moved as much as third from fourth place within the demo amongst all fundamental cable networks. In whole day, it remained in first place in whole viewers and climbed as much as second place from third place within the whole day demo.MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 733,000 whole viewers and 62,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community fell by -11% in whole viewers and -2% within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime.Throughout whole day, MSNBC averaged 475,000 whole viewers and 42,000 demo viewers. This represented declines of -8% in whole viewers and -2% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.Amongst all fundamental cable networks, MSNBC moved from fifth to fourth in whole primetime viewers and landed at No. 20, up one from No. 21 within the demo. It remained in third place in whole viewers and slipped to fifteenth from 14th within the whole day demo, tied with AMC. CNN averaged 495,000 whole primetime viewers and 79,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of October 20. It was down -6% in whole viewers and -1% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week. In whole day, the community had 381,000 whole viewers and 59,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in a -2% loss in whole viewers however a +2% achieve within the demo throughout this daypart. It was the one cable community to document any optimistic second throughout the concluded week.Amongst all cable networks, CNN ranked seventh in whole viewers and thirteenth within the demo throughout primetime. It moved from sixth to fourth place in whole day amongst whole viewers and was fourth within the demo.When these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a yr in the past: Throughout primetime, Fox Information was down by -18% in whole viewers and -41% within the A25-54 demo. Throughout whole day, the community noticed decreases of -13% in whole viewers and -34% within the demo. MSNBC was down -43% in whole viewers and -60% within the demo. Throughout whole day, the community was down -47% in whole viewers and -57% within the demo. In primetime, CNN declined by -48% in whole viewers and -60% within the demo. Throughout whole day, it noticed losses of -30% in whole viewers and -45% within the demo. PROGRAMMING:Fox Information continued to have 14 out of the 15 spots of the most-watched cable information exhibits of the week, with The 5 on high with 3.632 million whole viewers at 5 p.m. ET. MSNBC remained within the chart courtesy of The Rachel Maddow Present, which aired at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays, taking the No. 13 place with 1.586 million whole viewers.Gutfeld! remained within the high spot within the Adults 25-54 demo, averaging 311,000 viewers at 10 p.m. ET. As soon as once more, Fox Information held 14 out of the 15 high spots within the demo, with MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Present, which aired at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays, taking the ultimate spot, averaging 107,000 viewers.Prime Time Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 2,274,000 733,000   495,000 • A25-54: 217,000 62,000   79,000 Complete Day Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 1,460,000 475,000   381,000 • A25-54: 140,000 42,000   59,000 Week 10-20-25 P25-54 Cable Ranker BDP by Adweek