NBC News Tops Primetime Viewership For Midterm Results, Per Latest Data

NBC News drew the largest primetime audience for US midterm Election Night coverage, averaging 6.8 million viewers on Tuesday, according to Nielsen. The figures show higher overall viewership than during the 2022 midterms, suggesting more people watched election coverage across major networks.

ABC averaged 5.12 million viewers, followed by MS NOW with 4.19 million, CNN with 4.17 million, Fox News with 4.08 million and CBS with 2.73 million. Across the six major networks, the audience was about 27 million, compared with 21.8 million in 2022; NBC also led among viewers aged 25 to 54, with 2.93 million. Nielsen is expected to issue a further update on Thursday.