Here Are the Cable News Ratings for December 2025

Compared to the earlier month, CNN was down -12% in complete viewers and -31% within the demo throughout primetime. It additionally fell by -8% in complete viewers and -24% within the demo throughout complete day. 

When its efficiency to the identical month in 2024 throughout primetime, it was up by +45% in complete viewers and +19% within the demo. In complete day, CNN grew by +30% and +10% in complete viewers and the demo, respectively. 

CNN completed within the No. 6 place throughout primetime, and in fifth in complete day in complete viewers. Its place within the demo was No. 19 in primetime, and it completed in thirteenth place throughout complete day.

Looking on the October efficiency of the opposite news nets:

• NewsNation – The community’s primetime viewership averaged 95,000 complete viewers and 11,000 viewers within the demo, respectively. Cuomo stays the highest program in complete viewers and A25-54 with 167,000 and 15,000 viewers, respectively. 
• Fox Business – Varney & Company took the highest spot in complete viewers with 279,000, whereas Kudlow completed in first place within the demo with 11,000 viewers. 
• CNBC – Fast Money Halftime Report was the most-watched program in complete viewers with 235,000, whereas Squawk on the Street took the highest honors within the A25-54 demo with 55,000 viewers. In December, TVNewser visited the Fast Money studios at NASDAQ headquarters to attend a particular version of the present, which was broadcast with the present’s ardent followers current.
• Newsmax – Rob Schmitt Tonight was the online’s prime present in complete viewers and the demo with 313,000 and 27,000 viewers, respectively.

PROGRAMMING

• Fox News – The Five was the most-watched program in complete viewers (3.480 million at 5 p.m. ET). Gutfeld! Took the highest spot within the advertiser-coveted demo of A25-54 with 263,000 viewers.
• MS NOW – The most-watched present in complete viewers and the demo continued to be The Rachel Maddow Show (1.797 million and 165,000 viewers, respectively) at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays.
• CNN’s The Arena with Kasie Hunt at 4 p.m. ET was the community’s prime performer in complete viewers, with 658,000, and within the A25-54 demo, with 90,000. 

Among Total Viewers 

1. The Five – Fox News – (3,480,000)
2. Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News – (2,741,000)
3. Gutfeld!  – Fox News – (2,517,000)
4. Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (2,501,000)
5. Hannity – Fox News – (2,307,000) 
6. The Ingraham Angle – Fox News  – (2,292,000)
7. The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (1,995,000)
8. The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC – (1,797,000)
9. Outnumbered – Fox News – (1,738,000)
10. America’s Newsroom – Fox News – (1,713,000)
11. The Faulkner Focus – Fox News – ( 1,701,000)
12. The Story with Martha MacCallum – Fox News (1,659,000)
13. America Reports – Fox News – (1,642,000)
14. Fox News @Night – Fox News – (1,392,000)
15. Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace (5 p.m. ET) – Fox News – (1,262,000)

Among Adults 25-54 

1. Gutfeld! – Fox News –  (263,000)
2. The Five – Fox News – (257,000)
3. Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News – (226,000)
4. Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (205,000)
5. The Ingraham Angle – Fox News – (192,000)
6. Hannity – Fox News – (190,000)
7. The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC – (165,000)
8. The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (148,000)
9. Outnumbered  – Fox News – (147,000)
10. Fox News @Night – Fox News – (144,000)
11. The Faulkner Focus – Fox News – (143,000)
12. America Reports – Fox News – (138,000)
13. America’s Newsroom – Fox News – (137,000)
14. The Story with Martha MacCallum – Fox News – (133,000)
15. Fox and Friends – Fox News – (115,000)