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The ratings are rolling in and according to the numbers, TV viewing on election night dropped off sharply from four years ago. There's even a good chance it will go down as the least watched election night in at least 20 years.

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00:00The ratings are rolling in, and according to the numbers, TV viewing on election night dropped off

00:05sharply from four years ago. There's even a good chance it will go down as the least watched

00:09election night in at least 20 years. Based on preliminary ratings from Nielsen,

00:15primetime coverage of the presidential election averaged about 36.6 million viewers across the

00:20big four broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC, and the three biggest cable news channels,

00:26CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. That's a steep drop from the 50.7 million who tuned into those outlets

00:33four years ago. All seven outlets saw their numbers from 8 to 11 p.m. fall compared to 2020.

00:39As for the results, Donald Trump was elected to his second term, with most news outlets calling

00:43the race early Wednesday morning. Fox News led primetime with about 9.8 million viewers. ABC

00:49led the broadcast race with 5.67 million. It edged out MSNBC for second place overall. MSNBC brought

00:56in 5.5 million viewers. Meanwhile, NBC averaged 5.32 million viewers, followed by CNN with 4.71

01:03million, CBS with 3.49 million, and the Fox broadcast network with 2.14 million. It's worth

01:10noting those numbers don't include out-of-home viewing and thus will rise some in the final

01:14nationals, but they're unlikely to match the ratings from 2020. There's a chance Tuesday will go down as

01:19the least-watched election night since at least 2004, when just over 55 million people tuned in.

01:25Nielsen has total viewer data dating back to 2000 and household figures for earlier elections.

01:31Final ratings figures, including an all-network number, will be available later in the day on

01:35Wednesday. For more on this story and all the latest updates, head to THR.com. This is the Hollywood

01:40Reporter News.

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