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Aftermath of Floyd death drives news interest, notably CNN

Posted June 09, 2020 7:00 am

By DAVID BAUDER

NEW YORK (AP) - Public interest in demonstrations following the death of George Floyd boosted news programming - none more so than CNN.

Since Floyd's death on Memorial Day in the custody of Minneapolis police, CNN's prime-time audience is up 238 percent over last year, the Nielsen company said. Fox News Channel is up 61 percent and MSNBC up 40 percent in the same period.

Fox News remains the most-watched cable network. But in the past two weeks, CNN has vaulted past MSNBC into second place.

ABC's 'œWorld News Tonight'ť with anchor David Muir averaged more viewers last week than any prime time show on television.

For the week, CBS averaged 4 million viewers. ABC had 3.3 million, NBC had 3.2 million, Fox had 1.49 million, Univision had 1.47 million, ION Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 890,000.

Fox News Channel averaged 3.86 million viewers for the week. CNN had 2.46 million, MSNBC had 2.2 million, HGTV had 1.35 million and TLC had 1.12 million.

'œWorld News Tonight'ť averaged 9.4 million viewers. NBC's 'œNightly News'ť finished second among the evening newscasts with an 8.3 million average and the 'œCBS Evening News'ť had 5.8 million.

For the week of June 1-7, the top 20 prime-time shows, their networks and viewerships:

1. 'œAmerica's Got Talent,'ť NBC, 8.79 million.

2. 'œ60 Minutes,'ť CBS, 7.76 million.

3. 'œNCIS,'ť CBS, 6.56 million.

4. 'œWho Wants to Be a Millionaire,'ť ABC, 6.52 million.

5. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight'ť (Monday), Fox News, 5.96 million.

6. 'œHannity'ť (Monday), Fox News, 5.86 million.

7. 'œCelebrity Family Feud'ť (Sunday), ABC, 5.71 million.

8. 'œThe Ingraham Angle" (Monday), Fox News, 5.39 million.

9. 'œ60 Minutes Presents'ť (Sunday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 5.23 million.

10. 'œYoung Sheldon,'ť CBS, 5.08 million.

11. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight" (Tuesday), Fox News, 5.05 million.

12. 'œHannity'ť (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.98 million.

13. 'œCelebrity Family Feud'ť (Monday), ABC, 4.93 million.

14. 'œHannity'ť (Wednesday), Fox News, 4.85 million.

15. 'œMan With a Plan,'ť CBS, 4.84 million.

16. 'œFBI,'ť CBS, 4.81 million.

17. 'œAnderson Cooper 360'ť (Monday), CNN, 4.66 million.

18. 'œThe Ingraham Angle'ť (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.6 million.

19. 'œTucker Carlson Tonight'ť (Wednesday), Fox News, 4.55 million.

20. 'œAmerica's Funniest Home Videos,'ť ABC, 4.54 million

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