NBC News led the major networks in primetime viewership for its midterm election night coverage, averaging 6.8 million viewers, according to the latest Nielsen figures.
ABC News ranked second with an average of 5.12 million viewers. MS NOW drew 4.19 million, just ahead of CNN at 4.17 million and Fox News at 4.08 million. CBS News averaged 2.73 million.
Across the six major networks, the audience totaled about 27 million, compared with 21.8 million in 2022. Fox News’ average rose to 4.4 million when its audience was combined with Fox Business Network, which simulcast the coverage and drew 328,000 viewers.
Among other outlets, Univision averaged 1.63 million viewers, Telemundo drew 1.01 million, Newsmax had 539,000 and NewsNation recorded 203,000.
NBC also led among viewers aged 25 to 54, averaging 2.93 million. ABC drew 1.71 million in the demographic, followed by CNN with 1.56 million, Fox News with 817,000, MS NOW with 776,000 and CBS with 771,000. Nielsen is expected to release a further update on Thursday.
Sources: Deadline.