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MSNBC, CNN & Fox News Ratings: Who Won Big on Election Night 2025?
MSNBC led cable news with 3.04 million viewers on election night, marking its best off-year performance since 2019 amid Democratic wins in key races.
- On Tuesday, MSNBC led cable news with its largest primetime audience of 2025, drawing 3.04 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen data.
- A strong showing by Democrats in off-year races, including Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill's wins plus the California redistricting proposition, boosted MSNBC's ratings Tuesday.
- Network-by-Network data show MSNBC averaged 2.92 million viewers in key prime-time hours, Fox News 2.76 million, and CNN 1.68 million split between cable and CNN Stream.
- MSNBC had separated editorial operations from NBC News last month and will rebrand as MS NOW on Nov. 15, with Versant executives seeing the ratings as proof the channel may stand alone.
- Digital reach showed MSNBC at 9.44 million and CNN at 5.84 million, with all three outlets more than tripling their past month averages, but analysts caution long-term staying power is unclear.
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MSNBC sees strong ratings with Election Night coverage
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow delivers a report near the New York courthouse where former President Donald Trump stood trial on April 22, 2024. (Photo by SWinxy, Editing by The Desk) MSNBC topped its cable news rivals on Tuesday evening with ongoing coverage of gubernatorial races, the New York City contest for mayor and a key, Democratic-backed voter initiative in California during Election Day, according to preliminary data from Nielsen. The networ…
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Total News Sources22
Leaning Left4Leaning Right4Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Center
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources are Center
46% Center
L 27%
C 46%
R 27%
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