Tuesday Final Nationals: CNN Tops the Primetime Election Coverage

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CNN took top-rated honors in primetime for the Presidential Election coverage on Tuesday, with 13.26 million viewers, 6.65 million adults 18-49 and 6.66 million adults 25-54. Second overall among all coverage was Fox News at 12.11 million viewers, while NBC was the most-watched among the Big 3 broadcast networks at 11.15 million.

The primary news networks – CNN, Fox News and MSNBC – totaled 31.31 million viewers, 13.11 million adults 18-49 and 13.66 million adults 25-54. The Big 3 broadcasters – ABC, CBS and NBC – took a backseat at 28.48 million viewers, 9.05 million adults 18-49 and 10.20 million adults 25-54. Combined, the six outlets totaled 59.79 million viewers, 22.16 million adults 18-49 and 23.86 million adults 25-54. This, of course, does not include Fox, PBS, the remaining cable networks and viewing via mobile devices.

Here are the results by network:

-Total Viewers:
CNN: 13.26 million, Fox News: 12.11, NBC: 11.15, ABC: 9.24, CBS: 8.09, MSNBC: 5.94

-Adults 18-49:
CNN: 6.65 million, Fox News: 4.18, NBC: 5.09, ABC: 3.49, CBS: 3.03, MSNBC: 2.28

-Adults 25-54:
CNN: 6.65, Fox news: 4.64, NBC: 4.42, ABC: 3.17, CBS: 2.61, MSNBC: 2.37

In social media, Fox News topped the social interactions across Facebook and Twitter with a combined 1.48 million (Facebook: 1.20 million, Twitter: 279,000). Second overall was CNN at 730,000 combined, followed by NBC (359,000) and MSNBC (358,000).

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S.
	Tuesday, November 8, 2016
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			5.4/8	9130	0.7/3	2.7/7	3.1/7
8:00	Your Voice, Your Vote: 2016 Election (s) (thru 10:18)	246	94	5.1/8	8585	2.0/6	2.5/7	2.9/7
10:00	Your Voice, Your Vote: 2016 Election (s) (thru 10:24)	193	83	5.3/8	8959	2.1/6	2.7/7	3.2/7
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			4.8/7	8140	0.6/2	2.4/6	2.6/6
7:30	Campaign 2016: Election Night (s)			3.7/6	6051	1.2/5	1.5/5	1.8/5
8:00	Campaign 2016: Election Night (s) (thru 11:00)	258	94	4.8/7	8142	2.1/6	2.4/6	2.6/6
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			6.3/10	11220	1.2/5	4.0/10	4.5/10
7:00	Decision Night in America (s) (thru 7:48)			4.4/8	7285	1.4/6	2.1/7	2.5/8
8:00	Decision Night in America (s) (thru 10:24)	244	94	6.3/10	11219	3.1/10	4.0/10	4.5/10
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.6/3	2790		1.0/3	1.1/3
8:00	You Decide 2016: Election Night (s)	245	87	2.1/3	3577	1.0/3	1.3/3	1.5/3
10:00	You Decide 2016: Election Night (s)	209	71	1.1/2	1859	0.5/2	0.6/2	0.7/2
12:02a	You Decide 2016: Election Night-Post (s) (thru 1:00am)			2.0/4	3350	1.1/4	1.3/4	1.4/4
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.4/1	684	0.1/0	0.2/1	0.3/1
8:00	The Flash (r)	244	85	0.6/1	893	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.3/1
9:00	No Tomorrow (r)	245	86	0.3/0	475	0.1/0	0.1/0	0.2/0
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.6/2	3343		1.3/3
7:00	Noche de Elecciones 2016 (s)			1.2/2	2328		0.8/3
7:30	Noche de Elecciones 2016 (s)			1.4/2	2644		1.0/3
8:01	Noche de Elecciones 2016 (s)			1.5/2	3062		1.2/3
9:00	Noche de Elecciones 2016 (s)			1.5/2	2995		1.1/3
9:30	Noche de Elecciones 2016 (s)			1.7/3	3639		1.4/4
10:00	Noche de Elecciones 2016 (s)			1.8/3	3655		1.5/4
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.2/0	361		0.1/0
7:00	Mi Corazon es Tuyo			0.2/0	493		0.2/1
8:00	Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos			0.3/0	547		0.2/0
9:00	La Viuda Negra			0.2/0	329		0.1/0
10:00	Bloque de Búsqueda			0.1/0	207		0.1/0
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.0/1	1958		0.7/2
6:59	La Batalla Final: Decision 2016 (s)			0.9/1	1519		0.5/2
8:00	La Batalla Final: Decision 2016 (s)			1.0/2	1958		0.7/2

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Tuesday 11/08/16

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research