More than 70 million viewers watched some portion of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry into President Trump, according to Nielsen data. MSNBC was up 12% to 2.06 million viewers as “The Rachel Maddow Show” had its best month since January with an average of 3.3 million viewers. Many more people also watched some portion of the impeachment hearings online, with all the networks citing a lift in traffic. NBC News counted 9.6 million video “starts” for impeachment coverage across its streaming platforms, which include Twitter and Facebook. AdvertisementThe current impeachment inquiry moves to the House Judiciary Committee next week with hearings resuming Dec. 4.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 26, 2019 22:57 UTC