TV viewing on election night time dropped off significantly from 4 years in the past, primarily based on preliminary rankings from Nielsen.
Primetime protection of the presidential election averaged about 36.6 million viewers throughout the massive 4 broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) and three largest cable information channels (CNN, Fox Information and NBC) — a steep drop from the 50.7 million who tuned into these retailers 4 years in the past. All seven retailers noticed their numbers from 8 to 11 p.m. fall in comparison with 2020. Donald Trump was elected to his second time period, with most information retailers calling the race early Wednesday morning.
Fox Information led primetime with about 9.8 million viewers watching protection anchored by Bret Baier and Martha McCallum. ABC (5.67 million) led the printed race and edged out MSNBC (5.5 million) for second place general. NBC averaged 5.32 million viewers, adopted by CNN (4.71 million), CBS (3.49 million) and the Fox broadcast community (2.14 million). These numbers don’t embody out of house viewing and thus will rise some within the remaining nationals, however they’re unlikely to match the rankings from 2020.
Actually, there’s likelihood Tuesday will go down because the least watched election night time since a minimum of 2004 (Nielsen has complete viewer information courting again to 2000, and family figures for earlier elections). Simply over 55 million folks watched the returns in 2004.
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