This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of September 22, 2025.

MSNBC is rapidly approaching a major transition period in its existence as it approaches the final stages of its association with the NBCUniversal News Group family. The network concluded its penultimate week as an NBCU member by becoming the only news network to avoid declines in both total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo during primetime and total day.

Fox News was the No. 1 most-watched cable news network; however, it was also the only cable news network to experience declines across the board during both dayparts.

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According to Nielsen big data + panel for the week of September 22, Fox News averaged 2.454 million total viewers and 249,000 A25-54 viewers during primet

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