Week of September 22 Cable News Ratings: MSNBC Has No Declines

That is TVNewser’s fundamental cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of September 22, 2025.MSNBC is quickly approaching a serious transition interval in its existence because it approaches the ultimate phases of its affiliation with the NBCUniversal Information Group household. The community concluded its penultimate week as an NBCU member by changing into the one information community to keep away from declines in each whole viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo throughout primetime and whole day.Fox Information was the No. 1 most-watched cable information community; nevertheless, it was additionally the one cable information community to expertise declines throughout the board throughout each dayparts. NETWORKS:In accordance with Nielsen large knowledge + panel for the week of September 22, Fox Information averaged 2.454 million whole viewers and 249,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -8% in whole viewers and down -14% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting September 15). Fox Information averaged 1.524 million whole viewers and 156,000 A25-54 viewers in whole day viewing. Primarily based on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was down by -14% in whole viewers and -22% within the demo.Fox Information slipped to second place in whole primetime viewers and was the No. 2 community within the demo amongst all fundamental cable networks. In whole day, it remained in first place in whole viewers and was in second place within the whole day demo.MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 853,000 whole viewers and 71,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community was flat in whole viewers and noticed a +1% achieve within the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime. Throughout whole day, MSNBC averaged 514,000 whole viewers and 48,000 demo viewers. This represented progress of +2% in whole 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 whole primetime viewers and ranked No. 12 within the demo, tied with FX. It was in third place in whole viewers and ranked eleventh within the whole day demo. CNN averaged 538,000 whole primetime viewers and 86,000 A25-54 viewers within the demo throughout primetime for the week of September 22. It was down -6% in whole viewers and -1% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week. In whole day, the community had 387,000 whole viewers and 59,000 viewers within the demo. This resulted in a -3% drop in whole viewers, but it surely rose by +2% within the demo throughout this daypart.Amongst all cable networks, CNN completed in fourth place in whole viewers and moved up by one place to No. 9 within the demo throughout primetime. It additionally completed in fourth place in the course of the whole day with whole viewers and went from No. 8 to No. 7 within the demo, tied with Comedy Central. When these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a yr in the past: Throughout primetime, Fox Information was up by +5% in whole viewers however fell by -10% within the A25-54 demo. Throughout whole day, the community grew by +6% in whole viewers and dipped by -17% within the demo. It was the one community to document year-over-year progress in both of the dayparts. MSNBC was down -28% in whole viewers and -46% within the demo. Throughout whole day, the community was down -39% in whole viewers and -47% within the demo. In primetime, CNN declined by -23% in whole viewers and -38% within the demo. Throughout whole day, it noticed losses of -24% in whole viewers and -34% 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 prepared the ground with 3.731 million whole viewers at 5 p.m. ET. MSNBC was represented within the chart by The Rachel Maddow Present at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays, taking the No. 9 place with 1.992 million whole viewers.Gutfeld! led the way in which within the Adults 25-54 demo, averaging 367,000 viewers at 10 p.m. ET. As soon as once more, Fox Information held 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. 7 place with 216,000 viewers.Prime Time Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 2,454,000 853,000   538,000 • A25-54: 249,000 71,000   86,000 Complete Day Fox Information MSNBC CNN • Complete Viewers: 1,524,000 514,000   387,000 • A25-54: 156,000 48,000   59,000 Week 9-22-25 P25-54 Cable Ranker BDP by Adweek