2016 United States presidential election Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Viewership === The 2016 election was highly-viewed, setting viewership records on [[CNN]] and [[Fox News]]. Over 28 million people watched the election on [[cable television]], with 63.99 million viewers including broadcast television. While more highly-viewed than 2012 (60.86 million viewers), it was less viewed than 2008 (71.5 million viewers).<ref name="viewershipstats">{{Cite web |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/2016-election-night-poised-to-be-most-watched-ever/310418 |url-access=registration |title=2016 Election Night poised to be most-watched in history |date=November 7, 2016 |website=Adweek |access-date=March 28, 2020}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} '''Legend''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" |cable news network |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" |broadcast network |} {{col-break}} '''Total television viewers<br />8:00 to 11:00 p.m. EST'''<ref name="viewershipstats" /> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Network !! Viewers |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[CNN]] || 13,258,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[Fox News Channel|FNC]] || 12,112,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[NBC]] || 11,152,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] || 9,236,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[CBS]] || 8,008,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[MSNBC]] || 5,945,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] || 4,196,000 |} {{col-break}} '''Total cable TV viewers<br />2:00 to 3:00 a.m. EST''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Network !! Viewers |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[Fox News Channel|FNC]] || 9,778,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[CNN]] || 6,452,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[MSNBC]] || 2,858,000 |} {{col-break}} '''Cable TV viewers 25 to 54<br />2:00 to 3:00 a.m. EST''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Network !! Viewers |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[Fox News Channel|FNC]] || 3,955,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[CNN]] || 3,372,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[MSNBC]] || 1,207,000 |} {{col-end}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page