Ratings: CNN’s Protection of Biden Speech Tops All Cable Files in Key Demo

President Joe Biden’s first congressional handle Wednesday night used to be a huge take dangle of for MSNBC, which beat CNN and Fox Files in total realistic viewers, while CNN won the cable scores battle in the advertiser-coveted age demographic of 25 to 54.

From 9 p.m. ET to 10: 15 p.m. ET, MSNBC introduced in an realistic of three.941 million total viewers, of whom 656,000 had been in the demo. CNN nabbed 3.180 million, of whom 879,000 had been in the demo. Fox Files used to be in third place among the fundamental cable networks, pulling in 2.920 million with 586,000 in the demo.

In total, across cable and broadcast, 22.604 million viewers watched the match from round 9 p.m. to 10: 15 p.m., down a good deal from when then-president Donald Trump first addressed Congress in March 2017. Trump drew in a minute bit below 48 million viewers.

At 10: 30 p.m. ET, Republican Sen. Tim Scott delivered his occasion’s response to Biden’s handle. For the length of his 15-minute speech, Fox Files beat CNN and MSNBC in realistic total viewers, bringing in 3.197 million when when put next with CNN’s 2.080 million and MSNBC’s 2.725 million. CNN had the most demo viewers, with an realistic of 623,000. Fox Files averaged 547,000 demo viewers while MSNBC bought 434,000.

For comparability, Fox Files grabbed 10.765 million total viewers accurate through Trump’s first congressional handle in March 2017, which lasted from 9: 15 to 10: 15 p.m. and used to be a minute shorter than Biden’s Wednesday night presentation. CNN averaged a complete of three.944 million at that time and MSNBC introduced in an realistic of two.683 million viewers.

Biden’s speech laid out his administration’s needs in tackling police reform and launching his American Families Notion. He touched on the American coronavirus response and outlook. The match also made a minute bit historical past as a result of Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: For the first time in U.S. historical past, two females stood in the reduction of the president accurate through a joint session of Congress as Vice President and speaker of the House.