Impeachment Vote Draws 16 Million Viewers Across 4 Networks, Led By Fox News & NBC

Nellie Andreeva

December 19, 2019 at 9:48 PM

Live coverage of House of Representatives’ vote to impeach President Donald Trump posted strong viewership on the cable news networks Wednesday night.

During the 8-9 PM hour, when Members of Congress voted on the two articles of impeachment, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC drew a combined 11.265 million viewers. Fox News led with a special edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight (5.03 million viewers), followed by MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes (3.4 million) and CNN’s special coverage (2.84 million).

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Of the broadcast networks, only NBC pre-empted its regular programming (repeats), to carry the vote live. The network’s news coverage averaged 4.49 million viewers in the 8 PM hour.

NBC logged the highest adults 25-54 rating from 8-9 PM, a 1.2 rating, followed by Fox News (0.9), CNN (0.84) and MSNBC (0.55).

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