When looking at its performance to the same month in 2025 during primetime, CNN slid by -1% in total viewers but grew +3% in the demo. It was down -7% during total day and -15% in the demo.
CNN finished fifth in primetime and fourth in total day in total viewers among all cable networks. In the demo, it finished 11th in primetime and 10th in total day.
Looking at the September performance of the other news nets:
- NewsNation – The network’s primetime viewership averaged 96,000 total viewers and 12,000 demo viewers. Cuomo was the top show for the network in total viewers and the demo with 167,000 and 20,000 viewers, respectively.
- Fox Business – Kudlow was the network’s top show in total viewers, with 244,000, and in the demo, with 13,000 viewers.
- CNBC – Fast Money Halftime Report was the most-watched program in total viewers, with 237,000, as well as in the A25-54 demo, with 56,000 viewers.
- Newsmax – Rob Schmitt Tonight was the network’s top show in total viewers, with 305,000, and the Adults 25-54 demo, with 19,000 viewers.
PROGRAMMING
- Fox News – The Five was the most-watched program in total viewers, with 2.794 million at 5 p.m. ET. It also led the advertiser-coveted A25-54 demo with 273,000 viewers.
- MS NOW – The most-watched show in total viewers and the demo continued to be The Rachel Maddow Show with 1.786 million and 186,000 viewers, respectively, at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays.
- CNN – CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip was the network’s top performer in total viewers, with 610,000 viewers. It led the A25-54 demo with 121,000 viewers.
Among Total Viewers
- The Five – Fox News (2,794,000)
- Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News -(2,408,000)
- Gutfeld! – Fox News – (2,123,000)
- Hannity – Fox News – (2,055,000)
- Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (2,040,000)
- The Ingraham Angle – Fox News – (1,919,000)
- The Rachel Maddow Show – MS NOW – (1,786,000)
- The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (1,645,000)
- The Story with Martha MacCallum – Fox News (1,427,000)
- America’s Newsroom – Fox News – (1,414,000)
- Outnumbered – Fox News – (1,405,000)
- The Faulkner Focus – Fox News – ( 1,399,000)
- America Reports – Fox News – (1,368,000)
- The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell – MS NOW – (1,110,000)
- Fox News @Night – Fox News – (1,095,000)
Among Adults 25-54
- The Five – Fox News – (273,000)
- Gutfeld! – Fox News – (214,000)
- Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News – (212,000)
- Hannity – Fox News – (204,000)
- The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC – (186,000)
- Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (179,000)
- The Ingraham Angle and The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (161,000)
- Outnumbered – Fox News – (147,000)
- The Faulkner Focus and The Story with Martha MacCallum – Fox News – (139,000)
- America Reports – Fox News – (135,000)
- America’s Newsroom – Fox News and CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip – CNN – (121,000)
- Fox News @Night – Fox News – (112,000)
September 2026 Cable News Ratings (Nielsen Big Data + Panel):
| Fox News | MS NOW | CNN | |
| • Total Viewers: | 1,717,000 | 839,000 | 539,000 |
| • A25-54: | 156,000 | 79,000 | 90,000 |
