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    Fox News viewers tuning out Jan. 6 hearings; Nielsen week in review

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    Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., center, speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., left, and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., right, listen. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Fox News Channel is airing the Jan. 6 committee hearings when they occur in daytime hours and a striking number of the network's viewers have made clear they'd rather be doing something else.

    During two daytime hearings last week, Fox averaged 727,000 viewers, the Nielsen company said. That compares to the 3.09 million who watched the hearings on MSNBC and the 2.21 million tuned in to CNN.

    It completely flips the typical viewing pattern for the news networks. During weekdays when the hearings are not taking place, Fox News Channel routinely has more viewers than the other two networks combined, Nielsen said.

    Last Thursday, Fox had 1.33 million viewers for the 2 p.m. Eastern hour before the hearing started — slightly below its second quarter average but on par for early summer, when fewer people are watching TV.

    After the hearing started, Fox's audience's sank to 747,000 for the 3 p.m. Eastern hour and even lower, to 718,000, at 4 p.m. Fox cut away from the hearing at 5 p.m. to show its popular panel program, "The Five," and fans immediately rewarded them: viewership shot up to 2.76 million people, Nielsen said.

    The apparent lack of interest explains why the frequently Trump-friendly network stuck with its regular lineup during the committee's only primetime hearing, while ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC all showed the Washington proceedings. "The Five" has also been cable television's most-watched show, on average, for nine months.

    ABC won the week in primetime, averaging 3.6 million viewers. CBS had 3 million, NBC had 2.5 million, Fox had 1.6 million, Univision had 1.1 million, Ion Television had 1.04 million and Telemundo had 990,000 viewers.

    Fox News Channel led cable networks with an average viewership of 2.17 million in primetime. MSNBC had 1.41 million, ESPN had 1.21 million, HGTV had 938,000 and Hallmark had 777,000.ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race with an average of 6.6 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 6.1 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 4.5 million.

    For the week of June 20-26, the 20 most-watched program in primetime, their networks and viewerships:

    1. "60 Minutes," CBS, 6.13 million.
    2. "America's Got Talent," NBC, 6 million.
    3. Stanley Cup Finals, Game 6: Colorado at Tampa Bay, ABC, 5.82 million.
    4. Stanley Cup Finals, Game 5: Tampa Bay at Colorado, ABC, 5.15 million.
    5. "60 Minutes" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 4.8 million.
    6. Stanley Cup Finals, Game 4: Colorado at Tampa Bay, ABC, 4.6 million.
    7. Stanley Cup Finals, Game 3: Colorado at Tampa Bay, ABC, 4.1 million.
    8. "FBI," CBS, 3.82 million.
    9. "The Price is Right" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 3.74 million.
    10. "Stanley Cup Pregame" (Monday), ABC, 3.7 million.
    11. "Stanley Cup Presentation," ABC, 3.69 million.
    12. "NCIS," CBS, 3.58 million.
    13. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 3.57 million.
    14. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 3.49 million.
    15. "The Price is Right" (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 3.47 million.
    16. "Stanley Cup Pregame" (Friday), ABC, 3.27 million.
    17. "Stanley Cup Pregame" (Wednesday), ABC, 3.262 million.
    18. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Friday), Fox News, 3.255 million.
    19. "Stanley Cup Pregame" (Sunday), ABC, 3.23 million.
    20. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Thursday), Fox News, 3.19 million.

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    Football Practice Preps Nikki Glaser For Hosting The Golden Globes

    Thursday, December 26, 2024
    Nikki Glaser stands on the field after NFL football game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Denver Broncos, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

    What do Tom Brady, Taylor Swift and comedy have to do with learning about football?

    In the case of Nikki Glaser, it is all intertwined.

    Glaser has become a familiar face to football fans this season. Her breakthrough performance at the Tom Brady Roast on May 5 paved the way for five appearances on Amazon Prime Video's "Thursday Night Football" postgame show.

    Before last Thursday's game between the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers, Glaser said doing her "Late Hits" segment was a no-brainer following her success at the Brady roast.

    "The football audience is kind of familiar with me already. It's one that is OK with me not knowing every detail about football or expecting me to be an expert about it because I was who I was on the Brady Roast. I kind of admitted to not really following football that much," Glaser said. "And I became a fan of Tom Brady and the sport in doing it through that process. So then I was like, 'Let me just keep learning about football through joking about it.' And that was kind of my goal."

    Glaser admits her knowledge of football is not all the way there yet. Still, it is further ahead than it was a year ago when she started casually watching Chiefs games due to Swift's relationship with Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce.

    And mostly then, it was to see when Swift appeared on screen.

    However, Glaser decided to start learning more about the game, which she compared to trying to learn a new language.

    "I went my whole life putting on blinders because I was just scared to look stupid if I tried to learn. I always thought football fans would be really judgmental and cruel about my lack of knowledge. But they're not," Glaser said. "They're eager for you to understand and... Read More

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