And the real winner of the U.S. 2026 midterms is — Steve Kornacki?
\n\nMore viewers of traditional TV elected to watch NBC News coverage of the voting during primetime, according to data from Nielsen, but the figures suggest some shifts in overall viewership patterns — some expected, and some not. NBC widened the number of hours it devoted to the evening, and launched a stand-alone “Kornacki Cam” that let viewers watch the data analyst on a special streaming outlet in addition to his appearances alongside colleagues Savannah Guthrie, Tom Llamas, Kristen Welker, Hallie Jackson and Ryan Nobles.
\n\nNBC News’ primetime coverage of the nation voting to give Democrats control over both the U.S. House and Senate won an average of 6.74 million viewers overall, compared with 5.19 million for ABC News and 4.315 million for Fox News Channel. MS NOW, which was expected to see a surge of audience as the nation tilted to the left, had fewer overall viewers than any other mainstream outlet except for CBS News.
\n\nIn recent years, ABC News and Fox News Channel have typically emerged from critical Election Nights with the greatest command of overall viewership. The conservative Fox News crowd likely didn’t thrill…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/