A look at Election Night ratings: ABC gains, others lose

by Darren Murph posted Nov 7th 2008 at 11:11PM

We already gave you a shot to voice your opinion on which Election Night broadcast was supreme, but now it's time to dig into the cold, hard facts. With all four of the broadcast networks holding nothing back in order to offer a whiz-bang high-def presentation, it looks as if ABC can be most proud. According to data from Nielsen Media Research, ABC's viewership increased by 9% in total viewers compared to four years prior, and it drew an average of 13.1 million on the eve of November 4th. NBC remained competitive with 12.02 million viewers, but that still represented a loss of 18% from the last election; as for CBS, it notched just 7.83 million watchers and saw its election-over-election results slip 14%. For the full list of numbers and percentages, check the read link.

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Tags: abc, election, mccain, Nielsen, obama, ratings, research

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Another Geek @ Nov 8th 2008 7:27PM

No CNN stat? Would be amusing to see it with their special "holograms".

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air12ick @ Nov 8th 2008 10:57PM

I would have watched ABC's coverage, but our local ABC station (KGTV) kept cutting in and I am not a fan of their buisness.

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JBDragon @ Nov 9th 2008 12:51AM

This didn't show any cable news channels, so no Fox News, CNN, or MSNBC. I didn't watch any of them. I knew what the outcome was going to be and didn't like it, so I just watched Movies that night.

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Joe Rodricks @ Nov 10th 2008 10:52AM

I watched ABc because I get it in HD over clea rQAM (which is my only non-download source of HD content). I watched it in 1080i on a x1050 display. I chose it over CNN because I was able to view the on-screen much more clearly. That was the only reason.

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