{"id":4594,"date":"2012-11-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2012\/11\/08\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/"},"modified":"2012-11-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T00:00:00","slug":"nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">NEW YORK: Thirteen U.S. networks aired live coverage of the presidential election on Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., drawing an estimated audience of 66.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">This estimate is for the people who tuned in during prime time to watch news coverage for the presidential election as well as the senate, congressional and state-level elections. For all households, election night coverage scored a 39.3 rating, compared to 2008&#8217;s 41.5 rating. For persons over the age of 2, coverage drew a 23.0 rating, compared to 2008&#8217;s 24.5 rating. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Live coverage of the event was provided in the U.S. by ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, Univision, Telemundo, CNBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, Current TV and TV One.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Thirteen U.S. networks aired live coverage of the presidential election on Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., drawing an estimated audience of 66.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen. This estimate is for the people who tuned in during prime time to watch news coverage for the presidential election as well as the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage. NEW YORK, November 8: Thirteen U.S. networks aired live coverage of the presidential election on Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., drawing an estimated audience of 66.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage. NEW YORK, November 8: Thirteen U.S. networks aired live coverage of the presidential election on Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., drawing an estimated audience of 66.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVUSA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"World Screen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"World Screen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/\",\"name\":\"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7\"},\"description\":\"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage. NEW YORK, November 8: Thirteen U.S. networks aired live coverage of the presidential election on Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., drawing an estimated audience of 66.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/\",\"name\":\"TVUSA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7\",\"name\":\"World Screen\",\"description\":\"The leading source of information for the international media business.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage","description":"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage. NEW YORK, November 8: Thirteen U.S. networks aired live coverage of the presidential election on Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., drawing an estimated audience of 66.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage","og_description":"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage. NEW YORK, November 8: Thirteen U.S. networks aired live coverage of the presidential election on Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., drawing an estimated audience of 66.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/","og_site_name":"TVUSA","article_published_time":"2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg"}],"author":"World Screen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"World Screen","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/","name":"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7"},"description":"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage. NEW YORK, November 8: Thirteen U.S. networks aired live coverage of the presidential election on Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., drawing an estimated audience of 66.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen. . Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-66-8-million-viewers-watched-prime-time-election-coverage\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nielsen: 66.8 Million Viewers Watched Prime-Time Election Coverage"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/","name":"TVUSA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7","name":"World Screen","description":"The leading source of information for the international media business.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}