TV Ratings for Election Night Nov. 8, 2022

ABC just barely outpaced NBC on Tuesday night, when it comes to drawing the most eyeballs to its primetime Election Night coverage.

ABC averaged 3.2 million total viewers during primetime, along with a 0.5 demo rating, compared to NBC’s audience of 3.1 million (and slightly younger 0.6 demo rating).

CBS meanwhile averaged 2.6 million primetime viewers, and a 0.4 demo rating.

Cable news viewership tallies will roll in much later today.

Representing broadcast-TV’s lone fresh fare opposite Election Night newscasting, Fox’s The Resident (2.9 mil/0.3) dipped from its most recent, pre-World Series outing, whereas Monarch (1.7 mil/0.2) returned steady.

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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. Steve Harvey is not a judge or lawyer and merely offers an alternative forum of dispute resolution.