More than 20 million people watched Kavanaugh hearing

[highplainsdem]

Source: AP

More than 20 million people watched the gripping testimony of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of sexual assault in the 1980s, Christine Blasey Ford, on six television networks.

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The Nielsen company estimated the viewership for Thursday’s all-day hearing on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC. There were other networks that covered it, but Nielsen did not immediately have estimates of the additional viewership.

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20.4 million, according to some tweets I've seen, and as explained above, that still isn't the total.

[hlthe2b]

1. that can't possibly include all who streamed via any number of official (and unofficial) streams

[LisaM]

2. Yes - I streamed CNN on my computer.

It was on in our cafeteria when I went up yesterday, and this morning they showed the judiciary committee on that TV and there were about six really grim-faced women staring at it.

[SergeStorms]

3. My daughter was streaming when she could...

at the non-profit where she works, and we were texting all day as well. I'm sure it reached much more than 20 million people, but it whatever the number, it certainly wasn't enough. Everyone needed to see that.

[dae]

4. I haven't watched Fox in 20 years except for yesterday during Dr. Ford's

Q&A, and they were blown away by her. Even FOX was blown away.

[KSNY]

8. My Fox-watching mother-in-law saw it and thinks he's guilty

[procon]

5. Millions more will see video clips on social media, late night shows, emails and youtube.

Millions will watch Kavanaugh's mental breakdown as he goes from a raging madman to a weeping hot mess right before their lying eyes, and they will question his ability to be a judge of flower show let alone the Supreme Court.

[KayF]

6. Trump pays attention to ratings n/t

[Flaleftist]

7. It was also playing in offices/break rooms bars, restaurants all around the county

How is that accounted for, especially since there could be a dozen or more watching each of tjose TVs?

[IcyPeas]

10. they showed pictures of people watching it on planes too. /nt

[benld74]

11. Wonder how many busted television screens

[marlakay]

12. I watched ABC all day

and I can say they stayed with it to the end, during breaks from court they had people talking no commercials all day.

But I didn't realize until I finally turned it off that I felt dirty and sick at the end. Even today it was too much. I felt steeped in filth.

[stopwastingmymoney]

13. I found out yesterday...

That I could stream MSNBC on my phone with the Tunein app

Handy

[Renew Deal]

14. 20 million is massive for daytime TV

That’s like NBA prime time level. Bigger than the World Series. I bet it was at least as big on the Internet.