Nielsen says 17.7 million watched Thursday’s Jan. 6 hearing
An estimated 17.7 million viewers watched Thursday night’s hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Comparatively, the 2022 Academy Awards drew an audience of 16.6 million and the 2022 Superbowl drew 101 million viewers.
The Nielsen Company said that is second to the 20 million who saw the first committee hearing on June 9, the only other one of the eight sessions held in prime time.
Ten networks aired this past week’s hearing live, down from the 11 that showed the June 9 session. The conservative network Newsmax dropped out this time.