Tuesday TV Ratings 11/3/20: NBC Leads Election Coverage, CBS Takes Last (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: While it was a heated and anxiety-inducing night for most Americans, it was a rather quiet one on the ratings front. NBC's election coverage led the pack with a 1.7 A18-49 rating, nearly 60% below the 4.0 rating it garnered in 2016. ABC came in second with a 1.5, more than a full point behind 2016 (2.7). Fox followed with a 1.2, surprisingly steady with what it posted four years ago. Settling for last place, CBS (1.1) limped to the finish-line and was down 55% from the 2.4 it posted during the Hillary-Trump election. As usual, the CW stayed out of the political arena, going with repeats of 'Penn & Teller' (0.2/0.1).

Finals Update: Your Voice/Your Vote 2020 (+0.1) adjusted up. Fox Democracy 2020 (-0.2) and the 8 PM repeat of Penn & Teller: Fool Us (-0.1) adjusted down. This puts Fox in last place out of the four networks that had election coverage.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	NBC News Decision 2020	1.7/7	5.79	NBC
	Your Voice/Your Vote 2020	1.6/7	6.29	ABC
	CBS News America Decides	1.1/5	4.49	CBS
	Fox Democracy 2020	1.0/4	3.00	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.1/0	0.69	The CW
9 PM	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.1/0	0.66	The CW