More than 20 million viewers watched Kavanaugh hearing on TV

LOS ANGELES – The high-stakes Senate hearing on the nomination of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh riveted American television viewers with roughly 20.4 million people tuning in on six broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen data released on Friday.

The large number for a weekday audience represents only a fraction of Thursday’s total viewership of the emotional testimony that lasted nearly nine hours.

It does not include millions more who streamed the event on phones or computers or crowds that watched in bars and other public places.

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At the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Stanford University professor Christine Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her 36 years ago when they were both in high school. Kavanaugh vigorously denied it.

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Nielsen estimated that 20.4 million people combined watched on broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC and cable channels Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC. Broadcasters interrupted their regular programming to show the hearing.