The return of the longest crewed space flight in history drew a big TV audience Friday evening, with ABC’s coverage leading the way.
Just under 27.3 million people watched the re-entry and splashdown of the Artemis II mission on the six largest TV news outlets. ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MS NOW and NBC all carried special coverage of the four-person crew’s return from 7:30-8:30 p.m. ET.
ABC News led the way, with a simulcast anchored by David Muir that also included ABC News Live and Nat Geo. It scored 9.77 million viewers for the hour, almost doubling the 5 million viewers who watched on Fox News. CBS had 4.58 million viewers for its Artemis special report, followed by NBC (3.91 million), CNN (2.65 million) and MS NOW (1.38 million).
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