NEW YORK — An estimated 17.7 million viewers watched Thursday evening’s listening to of the Home committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, in response to Nielsen.
The Nielsen Firm stated that’s second to the 20 million who noticed the primary committee listening to on June 9, the one different one of many eight periods held in prime time.
Ten networks aired this previous week’s listening to reside, down from the 11 that confirmed the June 9 session. The conservative community Newsmax dropped out this time.
The six daytime hearings common 11.2 million viewers, with a peak viewers of 13.2 million on June 28, when ex-White Home aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified about former President Donald Trump’s conduct.
An estimated 13.6 million of Thursday’s viewers, or 77 %, had been age 55 and older, Nielsen stated. Solely 705,000 viewers had been 18 to 34.
MSNBC stated the 4.7 million individuals who watched its protection represented the community’s greatest prime-time viewers because the evening of the occasion that the committee is investigating.
Public hearings are anticipated to renew in September.
Story by David Bauder.
