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Viewership fell by more than 1 million for Friday's televised impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill compared to the first day of public testimony.
Nielsen Media Research data showed 12.7 million people tuning in to the second day of the impeachment hearings across ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN and MSNBC.
Fox News led the way with an average 2.8 million total viewers from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. MSNBC was second with 2.7 total million viewers, while CBS was third with 2 million. ABC placed fourth with 1.93 million, NBC fifth with 1.83 million and CNN sixth with 1.615 million.
The number of viewers was less than the 13.8 million viewers who tuned in on the first day of impeachment hearings on Wednesday, per Nielsen.