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US: Big Networks see huge ratings decline with Jan. 6 hearings

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WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 09: U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards and documentary filmmaker Nick Quested are sworn in to testify before the Select Committee Investigating the January 6th Attack on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol for almost a year, is presenting its findings in a series of televised hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol Building in an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for Joe Biden. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)

CBS, NBC, and ABC, which switched their regular prime-time programming to air the House Select Committee on Jan. 6’s first public hearing Thursday evening, saw a huge ratings decline, according to Nielsen figures.

ABC, whose fall schedule normally includes Grey’s Anatomy at 8 p.m., took in the largest haul of viewers with 4.8 million, while NBC and CBS carried 3.5 million and 3.3 million, respectively.

The three outlets typically average 18 million collectively during prime time, according to AdWeek’s analysis of weekly TV ratings for the week of May 30, reports The Federalist.

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir averaged 7.4 million total viewers for the week of May 30, while NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt averaged 6.06 million total viewers for the same week.

President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in March drew 6.3 million viewers for ABC, 4.86 million for CBS, and 4.71 million for NBC.

The committee asserted that former President Donald Trump was at “the center” of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election result.

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