Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Midterm Coverage Race

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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NBC got the top score in Election Night ratings, posting a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, across prime, with a 5 share. ABC was just off the lead pace at 1.3/5 while CBS got a 0.9/3.

NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt and Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie led the NBC coverage, with NBC News political director Chuck Todd assisting.

ABC had chief anchor George Stephanopoulos with World News Tonight anchor David Muir, chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl and senior White House correspondent Cecilia Vega among the correspondents pitching in.

CBS had CBS This Morning co-hosts Norah O’Donnell, Gayle King, John Dickerson and Bianna Golodryga with CBS Evening News anchor Jeff Glor.

Fox aired regular programming, with Fox News Channel covering the midterms. The Gifted and Lethal Weapon both did a 0.7, and both were up a tenth of a point from last week.

Univision scored a 0.4/2.

The CW and Telemundo did 0.3/1s. The CW showed reruns.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.