NEW YORK — The primary inaugurations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have been the one ones to exceed Joe Biden’s in reputation amongst tv viewers over the previous 40 years.
The Nielsen firm mentioned that 33.8 million folks watched Biden’s inauguration over 17 tv networks between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. final Wednesday.
Reagan’s festivities in 1981 drew 41.8 million viewers, and Obama’s 2009 inaugural reached 37.8 million, Nielsen mentioned.
Maybe most vital to a former president identified to observe tv scores intently: Biden exceeded the 30.6 million who watched Donald Trump take workplace in 2017, Nielsen mentioned.
CNN was the most well-liked community for inaugural viewers, Nielsen mentioned. In the meantime, Fox Information’ viewers for Biden’s oath of workplace and inaugural tackle was down 77% from the community’s viewership for Trump.
In the meantime, the professional soccer convention championship video games gathered folks round televisions in huge numbers Sunday. Nielsen mentioned 44.8 million folks noticed Tom Brady and his Tampa Bay Bucs qualify for the Tremendous Bowl, whereas 41.8 million watched Kansas Metropolis beat Buffalo.
With the prime-time recreation, CBS simply received the week within the scores, averaging 10.4 million viewers. ABC had 3.4 million, Fox had 2.7 million, NBC had 2.5 million, Univision had 1.2 million, whereas Ion Tv and Telemundo every averaged 1.1 million viewers.
CNN led the cable networks, averaging 2.76 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 2.67 million, Fox Information Channel had 2.56 million, TNT had 1.19 million and HGTV had 1.1 million.
ABC’s “World Information Tonight” received the night information scores race, hitting 10.1 million folks. NBC’s “Nightly Information” had 8.3 million and the “CBS Night Information” had 6.2 million.
For the week of Jan. 18-24, the highest 20 prime-time applications, their networks and viewerships:
1. AFC Championship: Buffalo at Kansas Metropolis, CBS, 41.85 million.
2. “NFL Publish-Sport,” CBS, 17.88 million.
3. “NCIS” (Tuesday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 9.64 million.
4. “FBI,” CBS, 8.99 million.
5. “NCIS” (Tuesday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 8.75 million.
6. “Younger Sheldon,” CBS, 7.39 million.
7. “911,” Fox, 7.2 million.
8. “Presidential Inauguration” (9 p.m.), CNN, 7.08 million.
9. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 6.73 million.
10. “Celeb Wheel of Fortune,” ABC, 6.3 million.
11. “Presidential Inauguration” (8 p.m.), CNN, 6.24 million.
12. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 6.09 million.
13. “911: Lone Star,” Fox, 6.03 million.
14. “Magnum, P.I., CBS, 5.86 million.
15. “FBI: Most Needed,” CBS, 5.81 million.
16. “Bob Hearts Abishola,” CBS, 5.56 million.
17. “Presidential Inauguration” (10 p.m.), CNN, 5.31 million.
18. “B Optimistic,” CBS, 5.06 million.
19. “Mother,” CBS, 5.03 million.
20. “The Bachelor,” ABC, 5.02 million.
David Bauder, The Related Press
