Five million viewers see Carlson's Rittenhouse chat

NEW YORK (AP) - Tucker Carlson reached 5.05 million viewers for his Kyle Rittenhouse interview on Monday, the Fox News Channel opinion host's largest audience since the night of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Rittenhouse was acquitted on murder charges last week and Carlson was given the chance for the post-trial interview because of the support he had shown him, according to the 18-year-old's family.

Carlson has averaged 3.16 million viewers on a typical night this year, the Nielsen company said.

ABC News and Diane Sawyer had strong ratings for her Friday night interview with members of a California family held captive for many years by their parents. That 'œ20/20'ť episode reached more than 7.4 million viewers.

Fox broadcasting was the top-rated network in prime time last week, averaging 5.4 million viewers. NBC had 4.8 million, CBS had 4.5 million, ABC had 4.1 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Telemundo had 1 million and Ion Television had 880,000.

Fox News Channel was the most-watched cable news channel in prime time, averaging 2.89 million viewers. ESPN had 2.31 million, Hallmark had 1.58 million, MSNBC had 1.18 million and HGTV had 893,000.

ABC's 'œWorld News Tonight'ť won the evening news ratings race with an average of 8.3 million viewers. NBC's 'œNightly News'ť had 7.2 million and the 'œCBS Evening News'ť had 5.4 million.

For the week of Nov. 15-21, the 20 most popular programs in prime time, their networks and viewerships:

1. NFL Football: Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers, NBC, 14.55 million.

2. NFL Football: New England at Atlanta, Fox, 13.52 million.

3. 'œThe OT,'ť Fox, 11.6 million.

4. 'œNFL Pregame,'ť NBC, 11.2 million.

5. NFL Football: L.A. Rams at San Francisco, ESPN, 10.7 million.

6. 'œNFL Pregame,'ť Fox, 8.59 million.

7. 'œFootball Night in America, Part 3,'ť NBC, 8.54 million.

8. 'œFBI,'ť CBS, 7.61 million.

9. 'œ60 Minutes,'ť CBS, 7.58 million.

10. 'œYellowstone,'ť Paramount, 7.42 million.

11. 'œ20/20,'ť ABC, 7.41 million.

12. 'œYoung Sheldon,'ť CBS, 6.95 million.

13. 'œThe Voice'ť (Tuesday), NBC, 6.78 million.

14. 'œThe Equalizer,'ť CBS, 6.59 million.

15. 'œThe Voice'ť (Monday), NBC, 6.56 million.

16. 'œFBI: International,'ť CBS, 5.96 million.

17. 'œBlue Bloods,'ť CBS, 5.79 million.

18. 'œSurvivor,'ť CBS, 5.77 million.

19. 'œFBI: Most Wanted,'ť CBS, 5.64 million.

20. 'œNFL Pregame,'ť ESPN, 5.5 million.