Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony before the Jan. 6 committee was a big hit with television viewers, easily reaching a larger live audience than any of the four other daytime hearings, reports
The Associated Press citing Nielsen data.
Hutchinson’s riveting testimony about former President Donald Trump’s temper as plans to overturn the 2020 election fell apart was seen by 13.17 million people last week, the Nielsen company said.
That’s a 28% jump from the 10.25 million who watched the committee’s previous daytime hearing, and 23% over the average from the four daytime hearings. The committee’s first hearing, the only one televised in prime-time, was seen by 19.4 million people.
CBS was the most popular network in prime time last week, averaging 2.7 million viewers. NBC had 2.4 million, ABC had 2.1 million, Fox had 1.6 million, Univision had 1.2 million, Ion Television had 1 million, and Telemundo averaged 900,000.
📺Top 20 Prime Times TV Shows (Total Viewers)
1. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 5.98 million.
2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 4.35 million.
3. “FBI,” CBS, 3.63 million.
4. “60 Minutes” (Sunday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 3.598 million.
5. “The Price is Right” (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 3.586 million.
6. “The Price is Right” (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 3.36 million.
7. “Celebrity Family Feud” (Monday, 9 p.m.), ABC, 3.33 million.
8. “NCIS,” CBS, 3.32 million.
9. “Celebrity Family Feud” (Monday, 8 p.m.), ABC, 3.31 million.
10. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 3.24 million.
11. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 3.22 million.
12. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.18 million.
13. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Monday), Fox News, 3.162 million.
14. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 3.161 million.
15. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.13 million.
16. “FBI: International,” CBS, 3.1 million.
17. “NCIS: Hawai’i,” CBS, 3.06 million.
18. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 3.01 million.
19. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 2.95 million.
20. “Hannity” (Wednesday), Fox News, 2.58 million.
📺BROADCAST NETWORK NEWS
ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening news ratings race with an average of 7.2 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 6.1 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 4.3 million.
TV Newser
reports ABC’s evening newscast has now defeated its competition from NBC and CBS 187 of the past 188 weeks in average total viewers—and 116 of the last 118 weeks among adults 25-54.
How did the newscast fare last week against comparable weeks? The results are mixed. World News Tonight gained +1% in total viewers % but shed -5% from the adults 25-54 demo vs. the previous week. WNT also lost -4% in total viewers and -7% among adults 25-54 from the same week in 2021 (June 28).
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt was the sole evening newscast to post viewer growth in multiple measurements from the previous week.
📺LATE NIGHT SHOWS
Fox News Channel was the top-rated cable network in prime time, averaging 2.05 million viewers. MSNBC had 1.31 million, HGTV had 858,000, Hallmark had 730,000 and History had 685,000.
On the programming front, Fox News’ The Five was the most-watched show of the week (3.15 million at 5 p.m.) and the second-most-watched among adults 25-54 (426,000) at 8 p.m. Tucker Carlson Tonight came in second in total viewers (3.06 million at 8 p.m.) and No. 1 among adults 25-54 (484,000). Jesse Watters Primetime took third place in average total viewers (2.75 million at 7 p.m.), Hannity ranks fourth in total viewers with 2.62 million at 9 p.m., and MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show (2.46 million at 9 p.m.) climbed to No. 5 in average total viewers.
Special Report with Bret Baier (2.32 million at 6 p.m.), The Ingraham Angle (2.27 million at 10 p.m.) , Gutfeld! (2.12 million at 11 p.m.), Outnumbered (1.69 million at 12 p.m.) and America’s Newsroom (1.63 million from 9-11 a.m.) round out cable news’ 10-most-watched for the week, according to
TV Newser.
CNN notched back-to-back weeks of viewer growth after what was an especially rough ratings week of June 13. TV Newser
reports the network hauled in an average of 672,000 total viewers in primetime during the week of June 27, 10th-most on basic cable and up +2% from the week prior, but fewer than Fox News or MSNBC. CNN’s A25-54 viewership in primetime (143,000) ranks No. 18 on basic cable and is also up from the prior week (+8%), but still down from what MSNBC averaged.
In total day, CNN averaged 565,000 total viewers, which is -1% from the prior week. The network ranked No. 3 on basic cable in total day viewers, which means that Fox News, MSNBC and CNN were the three-most-watched basic cable networks in total day for the second consecutive week. CNN did manage to beat MSNBC when it came to adults 25-54 in total day (120,000, +3% week-to-week), placing No. 8 for the week in the measurement.
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