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House Jan. 6 committee’s prime-time hearing netted 20 million viewers

The House Jan. 6 committee’s prime-time TV hearing Thursday brought in almost 20 million viewers, according to preliminary ratings from Nielsen.

The hearing, which featured testimonies from Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards and British cinematographer Nick Quested, was aired across most major news networks, except Fox News.

ABC had the largest share with 4.8 million viewers, followed by NBC with 3.5 million and CBS with 3.3 million.

About 4.1 million people tuned in to MSNBC, and 2.6 million watched on CNN.

Fox News, which typically dominates cable news ratings, got 3 million viewers in the 8 p.