Update
Who Didn't Watch Last Night's Election Coverage?
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
So, there was an upset last night, after all. 90210 actually got a rating.
That was no small task, considering a whopping 14 networks amassed a whopping 71.5 million viewers for their coverage of Barack Obama's historic presidential win.
Per Nielsen stats released this afternoon, the election-night audience was up 21 percent over 2004 (59.2 million), and up 16 percent over 2000 (61.6 million).
ABC was Tuesday's top broadcast network, averaging 13.1 million viewers from 8 to 11 p.m. (ET), Nielsen said; CNN carried the cable vote, with 12.3 million.
Drilling down into the numbers:
- CNN outdrew NBC (12 million), and every campaign-covering network, save ABC.
- Blue-skewing electoral map or no, Fox News (9 million) was up 11 percent from 2004.
- Blue-skewing MSNBC (5.9 million) was up, too. By 111 percent.
- CBS (7.8 million) got lots of press for Katie Couric's grilling of Sarah Palin, but it got fewer election-night viewers than 2004 (down 18 percent).
- Up against the Obama onslaught from 8 to 9 p.m., the CW's plucky and/or foolish 90210 scored 3 million viewers, only about 500,000 off from its season average.
- From 9 to 10 p.m., the CW's Privileged (2.3 million) drew more viewers than its season average (2.2 million).
(Originally published Nov. 5, 2008, at 12:45 p.m. PT.)
The Big Picture
Oh, Snap! Prankster and TV pitchman Ashton Kutcher takes a shot at the paparazzi for a change
More PhotosMost Commented
- Twilight Rewind: Hot Dish From the Cast Last Year! (798)
- Bitch-Back! Breaking News—Johnny's a Hottie (673)
- Costars and Suits Give Robsten Their Blessings! (649)
- Blab Blab Blab: Is Twilight Sexist? (552)
- Truth, Lies & Ted: Twilight Special (478)
- Is New Moon Even Good? (444)
- Why Won't Sarah Palin Go Away? (437)
- Bitch-Back! What's Brad Got to Do With It? (426)
- Is Ugly Betty Ending? And Who Gets the Girl? (397)
- Ridiculous Twilight Hookups in an "All Taken" Cast (348)
Top 10 Stories
- New Moon Makes a Lot of Money (But Not Quite Batman Money)
- Jon (Plus Flowers) & Kate Reunite to Put Finishing Touches on Divorce
- New Moon Eclipses Dark Knight!
- Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray & More Continue Singing Oprah's Praises
- Michael Jackson's Doc Shipped Propofol From Vegas to L.A., Records Show
- Unleashed Fangirls Derail Justin Bieber Appearance
- Miley Cyrus' Tour Bus in Deadly Crash
- Good News for Miley: She's Officially Not a Racist
- New Moon's "Absolutely Freakish" Debut
- Snipes Appeals Overly Taxing Prison Sentence
Fashion Police
Green With Envy?Not quite, but we do give Kristen props for this shot of color during her New Moon press tour
More Photos
Latest Movie Reviews
Get Your E! News Now
200 Comments
-
Show the next 1 - 0 of 200 comments
Now loading...