NEW YORK—Despite all drama leading up to Election Day, Nielsen is reporting that viewing across 18 networks on election night was notably lower than 2020, with over 42 million viewers turned in between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET on Nov. 5.
That was 25% less than the 56.9 million viewers aged 2 and older in primetime during the 2020 election, Nielsen said.
Overall, about 28.45 million homes tuned in during that time slot, with more than half of all viewers, 24.35 million aged 55 and older. There were 4.39 million viewers in the 18 to 34 demo and 11.4 million in the 35 to 54 demo.
Reported networks include: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW, Merit Street Media, Scripps News, Telemundo, Univision, CNBC, CNN, CNNe, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation and PBS.
As previously reported, Fox News was the most popular network, followed by ABC and MSNBC.
