About 6 million people watched Tuesday night's New Hampshire primary live on linear cable channels, with former President Trump emerging as the winner and solidifying his position as the front-runner to win the Republican presidential nomination this summer.
According to data from Nielsen Media Research, FOX News was the most-watched channel during Tuesday night's primary election coverage, with 3.2 million viewers from 8 to 11 p.m., including included 453,000 people in the 25-54 age group coveted by advertisers. At 8 p.m., when Trump was being endorsed in the Republican primary, the network had 4 million viewers. MSNBC had 1.7 million viewers and CNN had 994,000 viewers from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The total number of viewers for the New Hampshire primary slightly exceeded the total number of viewers for last week's Iowa caucuses, which Mr. Trump also won.
NBC News touted the performance of its election coverage on its streaming news service, NBC News NOW, with concurrent viewership up 58 percent above average, peaking at 8 p.m., and 84 percent above average. He pointed out that it had been reached. The network did not provide specific numbers.
Meanwhile, cable news network NewsNation was the first cable news channel to call Trump's primary on Tuesday night, coordinating with Decision Desk Headquarters to call the race at 8:01 p.m. .
After the campaign was over and Trump was delivering his victory speech from New Hampshire, both CNN and MSNBC cut the former president's speeches to highlight false or misleading statements Trump had made. I checked the facts.
Fox aired President Trump's remarks in their entirety.
Updated: 7:04 p.m.
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