Election Night US TV figures down on 2016 in early broadcast data

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden have started to come in and it looks like they’re not as strong as in previous cycles.According to Variety, around 22.8 million total US viewers tuned in to watch the beginning of Election Night across the channels ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Univision and Telemundo.Although these are very early figures, they are down significantly from Election Night 2016 at the same stage.Currently, ABC leads the way with 5.9 million total viewers, followed closely by NBC with 5.7 million.

CBS is in third with 4.4 million viewers, with Fox drawing 3.6 million viewers in fourth.Back in 2016, NBC had double the audience in the early figures and was leading, while ABC‘s numbers sat just under 10 million.The total number to beat from the.