That is TVNewser’s fundamental cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of Might 18, 2026.
With the approaching Memorial Day vacation weekend, the cable information networks delivered quite a lot of outcomes throughout primetime and complete day.
All three recorded week-to-week beneficial properties in both complete viewers or the Adults 25-54 demo throughout primetime, whereas Fox Information was the one community to develop in both class through the complete day.
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In keeping with Nielsen huge information + panel for the week of Might 18, Fox Information averaged 2.260 million complete viewers and 207,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -1% in complete viewers however grew by +2% within the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting Might 11).
Throughout complete day viewing, Fox Information averaged 1.501 million complete viewers and 138,000 A25-54 viewers. Primarily based on its common from the earlier week’s measurements, the community noticed beneficial properties of +2% in complete viewers however registered a -3% decline within the demo.
Fox Information slipped to second in complete primetime viewership and remained third in demo viewership amongst all fundamental cable networks. Throughout complete day, it completed first in complete viewers and was No. 2 within the complete day demo.
MS NOW averaged 918,000 complete viewers and 81,000 viewers within the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community was up +2% in complete viewers however was down -7% within the demo in comparison with its primetime common the week prior.
Throughout complete day, MS NOW averaged 578,000 complete viewers and 56,000 demo viewers. It was down -1% in complete viewers and -10% within the demo in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.
Amongst all fundamental cable networks, MS NOW remained third in complete primetime viewers and dropped to seventeenth within the demo. It completed in third place in complete viewers and slipped to eleventh from ninth within the complete day demo.
CNN averaged 598,000 complete primetime viewers and 108,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime for the week of Might 18. The community declined by -10% in complete viewers however elevated its viewership by +4% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week.
Throughout complete day, the community had 439,000 complete viewers and 67,000 viewers within the demo. CNN declined by -2% in complete viewers and -3% within the demo throughout this daypart.
Amongst all cable networks, CNN remained in fifth in complete viewers and tenth within the demo throughout primetime. It was No. 4 in complete day amongst complete viewers and slipped from seventh to eighth within the demo.
When taking a look at these networks’ efficiency throughout the identical interval a 12 months in the past:
