That is TVNewser’s primary cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of Jan. 6, 2025.
January has confirmed to be a busy information month up to now, particularly exterior the political enviornment. The primary full week of 2025 included former President Jimmy Carter‘s state funeral and the tragic Los Angeles wildfires. Each information occasions captivated the nation and introduced viewers to the information networks—most notably Fox Information and MSNBC as they recorded double-digit progress this previous week.
As for CNN, regardless of the community’s intensive protection of the wildfires—together with the presence of marquee anchors, Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett within the Southern California space—solely noticed progress throughout whole day amongst whole viewers.
The community that was primarily identified for its reliability throughout breaking information occasions noticed its whole viewer viewers decline in primetime in each whole viewers and the demo. However in a vibrant spot, CNN did end in second place forward of MSNBC amongst A25-54 viewers throughout each dayparts.
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Nielsen stay plus same-day knowledge for the week of Jan. 6 noticed FNC common 2.546 million whole viewers and 303,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was up by +47% within the former class and +53% within the latter relative to the week prior.
Fox Information averaged 1.797 million whole viewers and 227,000 A25-54 viewers in whole day viewing. That interprets to good points of +34% and +33%, respectively.
Amongst all primary cable networks, Fox Information completed in second place in whole primetime viewers and rose one spot from the No. 3 to No. 2 place within the demo. In whole day, it reclaimed its first place in whole viewers and completed in second place within the demo.
MSNBC’s primetime lineup averaged 721,000 whole viewers and 55,000 A25-54 viewers for respective good points of +62% and +45% within the demo in comparison with the week prior.
In the course of the whole day, MSNBC averaged 540,000 whole viewers and 41,000 A25-54 viewers. That interprets to week-to-week good points of +38% within the former class and +11% within the latter relative to the earlier week.
Amongst all primary cable networks, MSNBC jumped from eighth to 3rd place in whole primetime viewers and climbed from No. 37 to No. 31 within the primetime demo. Throughout whole day, the community moved from fifth to 3rd in whole viewers and went from No. 30 to No. 27 within the whole day demo.
CNN averaged 501,000 whole viewers and 110,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime for respective declines of -3% and -13% in comparison with the earlier week.
In whole day, the community noticed 455,000 whole viewers and 80,000 A25-54 viewers. That’s a combined bag performance-wise, as CNN ticked upwards by +15% within the former class, however dipped -1% within the latter.
