By David Bauder, Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --The attack on the U.S. Capitol last week brought more viewers to CNN than any other single day in the network's 40-year history.
CNN averaged 5.2 million viewers last Wednesday, eclipsing its previous high of 5.1 million on Election Day 2016, the Nielsen company said. The network had 4.47 million viewers on Sept. 11, 2001, Nielsen said.
During the storming of the Capitol itself on Wednesday afternoon, CNN averaged nearly 9 million viewers. CNN also led all of the cable news and broadcast networks during primetime that evening, when Nielsen estimated more than 33 million people tuned in to watch Congress go back into session to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
MSNBC averaged 4 million viewers on Wednesday and Fox News Channel had 3 million.
NBC, led by a strong NFL playoff game Sunday night between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers, was the top broadcast network last week, averaging 8.6 million viewers in primetime. CBS had 5.7 million, ABC had 3.8 million, Fox had 2.5 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 920,000.
CNN averaged 4.11 million viewers in primetime, beating all the cable networks. MSNBC had 3.67 million, Fox News Channel had 3.1 million, HGTV had 1.12 million and Hallmark had 1.05 million.
ABC's "World News Tonight" led the evening news ratings race, averaging 9.2 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.9 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.8 million.
For the week, the 20 most-watched programs in primetime, their networks and viewership:
1. NFL Football: Cleveland at Pittsburgh, NBC, 24.78 million.
2. "NFL Postgame" (Sunday), CBS, 19.33 million.
3. "NFL Pregame," NBC, 16.01 million.
4. "NFL Postgame" (Saturday, 8:13-8:19 p.m.), Fox, 14.91 million.
5. "60 Minutes," CBS, 14.8 million.
6. "NFL Postgame" (Saturday, 8:19-8:25 p.m.), Fox, 9.47 million.
7. "Anderson Cooper 360" (Wednesday), CNN, 8.87 million.
8. "Cuomo Prime Time" (Wednesday), CNN, 8.79 million.
9. "Capitol Attack" (Wednesday, 8:06 p.m.), MSNBC, 8.49 million.
10. "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune," ABC, 8.15 million.
11. "CNN Tonight" (Wednesday), CNN, 7.8 million.
12. "The Rachel Maddow Show" (Wednesday), MSNBC, 7.77 million.
13. "Last Word" (Wednesday), MSNBC, 6.79 million.
14. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 6.56 million.
15. "The Chase," ABC, 6.49 million.
16. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 6.21 million.
17. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Wednesday), Fox News Channel, 6 million.
18. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 5.89 million.
19. "Magnum, P.I., CBS, 5.87 million.
20. "Anderson Cooper 360" (Thursday), CNN, 5.8 million.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTE®,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
“SMPTE’s membership has spoken,” said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann D’Amato. “These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!”
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More