Cable news ratings for the week of March 16 are here, and MS NOW stands out as the only network that didn’t experience a week-over-week drop in total viewers.
According to AdWeek, citing Nielsen big data + panel for the week of March 16, MS NOW averaged 1.194 million total viewers and 100,000 viewers in the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic in primetime. While the network was down 18 percent in the demo compared to the week prior, its total viewers were up 3 percent.
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