October 4th, 2016

CNN #1 in Cable News Last Week among Adults 25-54

CNN was a Top Five network in ALL of cable last week; Outranking Fox News and MSNBC in demo

CNN was #1 in cable news last week (9/26-10/2) in Total Day and Prime time among adults 25-54; Fox News followed, MSNBC lagged behind.

Total Day 25-54

CNN 327k

Fox News 316k

MSNBC 216k

(P2+:  CNN 938k, FNC 1.498m, MSNBC 833k)

M-Su Prime Time 25-54

CNN 800k

Fox News 719k

MSNBC 437k

(P2+:  CNN 1.998m, FNC 3.202m, MSNBC 1.610m)

CNN was also a Top Five cable network last week in Total Day and Prime Time in both total viewers and 25-54.

CNN outranked Fox News and MSNBC in demo 25-54 for the week.

  • In Total Day (demo 25-54), CNN ranked #4 in ALL of cable, Fox News ranked #6, MSNBC was #14
  • In Total Day (P2+), CNN ranked #3 in all of cable, Fox News ranked #1 and MSNBC was #6.
  • In M-Su Prime (demo 25-54), CNN ranked #2 ALL of cable (only behind ESPN), Fox News was #4, MSNBC #10
  • In M-Su Prime (P2+), CNN ranked #3, Fox News was #1 and MSNBC was #4

Source: The Nielsen Company via MultiTrak, 9/26/16-10/2/16 data for ALL cable networks.  Total Day (6a-6a), M-Su Prime (8p-11p).  P25-54 and P2+ AA (000s).  Live+SD data.  Sun 10/2/16 3a-6a data currently not available.