Sean Hannity’s Fox News town hall with President Donald Trump was the most-watched show on television Thursday night, beating all cable and broadcast competitors by with 5.1 million viewers.
Of those who tuned into the 9 p.m. ET interview, according to early Nielsen Media Research ratings, about 968,000 were in the advertiser-coveted age news demographic of 25 to 54.
Those numbers bested rival news networks MSNBC and CNN combined, with Rachel Maddow bringing in 3.1 million total viewers (484,000 were in the news demo) and CNN’s Chris Cuomo snagging 1.8 million viewers (with 490,000 in that key demographic).
But Hannity’s town hall also topped the viewership of every show on broadcast TV as well, outpacing the live total audience numbers for Thursday night shows like CBS’ “Young Sheldon” (4.8 million) and ABC’s “Holey Moley” (3.8 million). (Never mind that broadcast TV ratings typically factor in delayed viewing that is rarely a factor in live news shows.)
During the town hall, which was recorded in Wisconsin, Trump mostly sidestepped questions from the veteran Fox News hosts about his priorities should he win a second term.
(Excerpt) Read more in: The Wrap