More total viewers tuned into MSNBC to see the first day of hearings in the House select committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot than CNN and Fox News.
Nielsen Media Research ratings data showed that on Tuesday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, 1.335 million people tuned into MSNBC, on average. Of them, 152,000 were in the advertiser-coveted age demographic of 25 to 54.
Comparatively, 1.193 million tuned into CNN, but CNN won in the demo with 211,000 total average viewers between 25 and 54. In third place was Fox News, which pulled in 946,000 total average viewers between 9 a.m.