Fox News’ decision not to air the committee’s first hearing on Jan. 6 at prime time Thursday night appears to have been counterproductive, at least in terms of ratings, as the usual first-place channel went lagging behind MSNBC, which led the cable news rankings with 4.1 million viewers. , according to the first numbers of Nielsen. Fox’s counter-programming by Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity attracted an average of 3 million viewers, while CNN was third with 2.6 million but also showed the full audience. In all, at least 20 million people watched the first hearing on various networks, with ABC leading the way with 4.8 million viewers. NBC and CBS followed with 3.5 million and 3.3 million, respectively. Fox Business, which aired audiences hosted by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, grossed just 223,000.
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