Week of Oct. 6 Cable News Ratings: Declines Across the Board

That is TVNewser’s fundamental cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of October 6, 2025.Fox Information, MSNBC, and CNN skilled erosion in viewership throughout primetime and complete day, each in complete viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo, for the just-concluded week.The primetime demo losses for all three networks weren’t sort as all of them registered double-digit drops inside that section.For the week of October 6, Fox Information outperformed the CBS broadcast community throughout weekday primetime amongst complete viewers, with 2.7 million viewers in comparison with 2.2 million. In the meantime, the 1 p.m. ET replay of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS completed forward of its cable information rivals for the second week in a row within the advertiser-coveted demo with 96,000 viewers. It was forward of Fox Information, which had 91,000 viewers, and MSNBC, which had 44,000 viewers.NETWORKS:In keeping with Nielsen massive knowledge + panel for the week of October 6, Fox Information averaged 2.285 million complete viewers and 220,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -7% in complete viewers and -11% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting September 29). Fox Information averaged 1.481 million complete viewers and 145,000 A25-54 viewers in complete day viewing. Based mostly on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was additionally down -4% in complete viewers and -2% within the demo.Fox Information remained in second place in complete primetime viewership and fourth place within the demo amongst all fundamental cable networks. In complete day, it remained in first place in complete viewers and slid from second to 3rd place within the complete day demo.MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 814,000 complete viewers and 78,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community noticed losses of -9% in complete viewers and -10% within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime. It remained the second most-watched community within the primetime demo for the second consecutive week. Throughout complete day, MSNBC averaged 504,000 complete viewers and 46,000 demo viewers. This represented a lower of -3% in complete viewers and -2% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.Amongst all fundamental cable networks, MSNBC fell two locations to fifth place in complete primetime viewers and dropped from No. 12 to No. 16 within the demo. It was fourth, down from third place, in complete viewers and moved right down to fifteenth place from 14th within the complete day demo. CNN averaged 459,000 complete primetime viewers and 66,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of October 6. It was down -14% in complete viewers and -21% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week. In complete day, the community had 382,000 complete viewers and 56,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in a -3% loss in complete viewers and -7% within the demo throughout this daypart.Amongst all cable networks, CNN slipped to eighth place from sixth in complete viewers and dropped from No. 13 to No. 21 within the demo throughout primetime. It fell to sixth place from fourth throughout complete day with complete viewers and dropped down one spot to No. 9 within the demo. When taking a look at these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a 12 months in the past, which featured protection of Hurricane Milton: Throughout primetime, Fox Information was down by -8% in complete viewers and by -27% within the A25-54 demo. Throughout complete day, the community noticed decreases of -5% in complete viewers and -28% within the demo. MSNBC was down -34% in complete viewers and -40% within the demo. Throughout complete day, the community was down -42% in complete viewers and -51% within the demo. In primetime, CNN declined by -40% in complete viewers and -59% within the demo. Throughout complete day, it noticed losses of -32% in complete viewers and -48% within the demo. PROGRAMMING:Fox Information had 14 out of the 15 spots of the most-watched cable information exhibits of the week, with The 5 persevering with to cleared the path with 3.657 million complete viewers at 5 p.m. ET. MSNBC’s presence within the chart was courtesy of The Rachel Maddow Present, which aired at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays, taking the No. 11 place with 1.883 million complete viewers.The 5 reclaimed its first place place within the Adults 25-54 demo, averaging 211,000 viewers at 5 p.m. ET. As soon as once more, Fox Information had 14 out of the 15 prime spots within the demo, with The Rachel Maddow Present at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays taking the No. 12 place with 122,000 viewers.Prime Time Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Whole Viewers: 2,285,000 814,000   459,000 • A25-54: 220,000 78,000   66,000 Whole Day Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Whole Viewers: 1,481,000 504,000   382,000 • A25-54: 145,000 46,000   56,000 Week 10-6-25 P25-54 Cable Ranker BDP by Adweek