This is TVNewser’s primary cable community ranker and cable news report for the week of Aug. 31, 2026.
Fox News and MS NOW completed the week with positive factors within the Adults 25-54 demo in one of many measured dayparts throughout this concluded week. Fox News skilled an uplift in demo viewers throughout complete day, whereas MS NOW skilled its uptick throughout primetime.
Both networks reported double-digit demo positive factors inside their respective dayparts forward of the Labor Day vacation weekend, whereas CNN registered across-the-board declines.
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According to Nielsen large knowledge + panel for the week of Aug. 31, Fox News averaged 1.8 million complete viewers and 167,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community dropped by -11% in complete viewers and -1% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting August 24).
During complete day viewing, Fox News averaged 1.193 million complete viewers and 117,000 A25-54 viewers. Based on its common from the earlier week’s measurements, the community declined by -5% in complete viewers however grew by +13% within the demo.
Fox News continued to rank first in complete primetime viewership and landed in third place in demo viewership amongst all primary cable networks. During complete day, it additionally completed first in complete viewers and was No. 2 within the complete day demo.
MS NOW averaged 823,000 complete viewers and 88,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community fell by -12% in complete viewers however grew by +10% within the demo in contrast with its primetime common the prior week.
During complete day, MS NOW averaged 534,000 complete viewers and 54,000 demo viewers. It declined by -10% in complete viewers and -4% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.
Among all primary cable networks, MS NOW slid to 3rd place in complete primetime viewers and was thirteenth within the demo. It additionally ranked third in complete viewers and was eleventh within the complete day demo.
CNN averaged 518,000 complete primetime viewers and 97,000 demo viewers. It fell by -15% in complete viewers and -14% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week.
During complete day, the community had 367,000 complete viewers and 55,000 viewers within the demo. CNN was down -8% in complete viewers and -10% within the demo throughout this daypart—the one community with declines throughout the board.
Among all cable networks, CNN completed seventh in complete viewers and was tenth within the demo throughout primetime, tied with Adult Swim. It remained at No. 4 in complete day amongst complete viewers and was No. 10 within the demo.
When these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a 12 months in the past: