Fox News beat competitors CNN and MSNBC for most total eyeballs on the screen as impeached President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate Wednesday, according to early Nielsen data.
Fox News brought in a total of 5.515 million average viewers between 5 p.m. ET and 6 p.m. ET, when the vote took place. The network saw 923,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted age demographic of 25-54. MSNBC had the next-highest total of overall viewers with 2.059 million, but the least amount of viewers in the demo, with 268,000.
CNN brought in 1.596 million total average viewers, of whom 309,000 were between 25-54.