The New York times reported that CNN drew 2.6 million people to its coverage of the hearings, which is roughly 1.8 million more than the network’s average 759,000 viewers during the month of May for its most watched, prime-time show “Anderson Cooper 360.”
The total number to of people to tune in to the hearings was approximately 19 million.
According to the New York Times, “ABC attracted the biggest audience among the broadcast networks, with 4.8 million viewers. NBC and CBS each had an audience of more than three million. MSNBC had an average audience of 4.2 million, and CNN drew 2.6 million.”