When these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a 12 months in the past:
- Throughout primetime, Fox Information was down -26% in whole viewers and -31% within the A25-54 demo. Throughout whole day, the community was down -28% in whole viewers and -32% within the demo—the one community with declines inside this yearly comparability.
- MS NOW was up +13% in whole viewers and +48% within the demo. Throughout whole day, the community gained +15% in whole viewers and +40% within the demo.
- In primetime, CNN was up by +19% in whole viewers and +44% within the demo. Throughout whole day, it was up by +8% in whole viewers and +17% within the demo.
PROGRAMMING:
Fox Information held 12 of the 15 spots among the many week’s most-watched cable information reveals, with The 5 in first place with 2.763 million whole viewers at 5 p.m. ET. MS NOW was represented within the chart by Monday’s 9 p.m. ET airing of The Rachel Maddow Present, with 1.725 million whole viewers at No. 7. The 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. ET editions of Deadline: White Home with Nicolle Wallace took the No. 14 and 15 spots, respectively, with 1.167 million and 1.165 million whole viewers.
Fox Information held 10 of the 15 high spots within the demo, with The 5 transferring again to the No. 1 place within the Adults 25-54 demo, with 245,000 viewers. MS NOW’s The Rachel Maddow Present was in seventh place with 152,000 demo viewers. The opposite two MS NOW packages within the high 15 had been The Weeknight, airing 5 nights per week at 7 p.m., coming in tenth place with 126,000 viewers, and The Final Phrase with Lawrence O’Donnell, airing weeknights at 10 p.m. ET, averaging 125,000 viewers to take the No. 13 place. CNN had CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, which airs 5 nights per week at 10 p.m. ET, at No. 9 with 143,000 viewers, and The Supply with Kaitlan Collins, which airs weeknights at 9 p.m. ET, in twelfth place with 125,000 demo viewers.
October 12, 2026 (Nielsen Huge Information + Panel):
Prime Time
| Fox Information | MS NOW | CNN | |
| • Whole Viewers: | 1,724,000 | 927,000 | 628,000 |
| • A25-54: | 157,000 | 93,000 | 115,000 |
Whole Day
| Fox Information | MS NOW | CNN | |
| • Whole Viewers: | 1,100,000 | 595,000 | 420,000 |
| • A25-54: | 98,000 | 60,000 | 68,000 |
