1 spot for total primetime viewership and total day viewership among all basic cable networks. MS NOW finished in second place in total primetime viewers and six place in the demo, averaging 1.354 million total viewers and 160,000 in the key demo during primetime. These numbers put MS NOW at a 15% increase in primetime total viewers and 43% increase in primetime key demo viewers compared to the same week in 2025. This put CNN in third place for total day viewers and third place in the demo against the other basic cable networks. For total day, the network saw an increase of 54% in total viewers and 55% in the key demo

Source: CNN March 16, 2026 15:03 UTC