Afghanistan, Hurricane Ida coverage gripped TV viewers

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In this representation provided by the U.S. Army, paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, and others, hole to committee a C-17 cargo level astatine Hamid Karzai International Airport successful Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (Master Sgt. Alexander Burnett/U.S. Army via AP)

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan and fearsome Hurricane Ida drew viewers to cablegram channels that focused connected the unfolding events.

Fox News Channel had the lion's stock of the most-watched cablegram shows past week, 19 of the apical 20, according to Nielsen figures retired Tuesday. MSNBC got a little melodramatic ratings bump from the anterior week.

Last week's sum of the removal of U.S. citizens and Afghans astatine hazard included a devastating airdrome termination bombing that killed 13 U.S. work members and much than 160 Afghans. The evacuation ended Monday.

The Weather Channel’s assemblage grew arsenic Ida barreled toward the Gulf Coast. The channel’s ratings among young big viewers accrued by 38% past week implicit the aforesaid play successful 2020.

As Ida made landfall successful Louisiana past Sunday, Weather Channel was the most-watched connected cablegram among viewers 25 to 54.

The destructive hurricane cost lives and near much than 1 cardinal homes and businesses successful Louisiana and Mississippi without power.

Fox News improved its show from the erstwhile week erstwhile it topped each broadcast and cablegram outlets. But NBC, connected the spot of its top-rated “America's Got Talent” and shot broadcasts, was the most-watched network.

NBC averaged 3.41 cardinal viewers past week. CBS had 2.71 million, ABC had 2.64 million, Fox had 1.41 million, Ion Television had 1.13 million, Univision had 1.38 cardinal and Telemundo had 980,000.

Fox News Channel pb among cablegram outlets with an mean 3.1 cardinal viewers. MSNBC had 1.38 million, ESPN had 1.25 million, HGTV had 1.15 cardinal and CNN had 985,000.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening quality ratings race, with an mean of 8.1 cardinal viewers past week. NBC’s “Nightly News” was 2nd with 6.9 cardinal and the “CBS Evening News” had 4.7 million.

For the week of Aug. 23-29, the 20 most-watched programs, their networks and viewerships:

1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 6.81 million.

2. “60 Minutes Presents,” CBS, 6.75 million.

3. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 5.79 million.

4. “The Five” (Thursday), Fox News Channel, 5.85 million.

5. “Hannity” (Thursday), Fox News Channel, 5.45 million.

6. NFL Pre-season: Cleveland astatine Atlanta, NBC, 5.1 million.

7. “Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Thursday), Fox News Channel, 4.99 million.

8. “America's Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 4.76 million.

9. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC. 4.56 million.

10. “Special Report with Bret Baier” (Tuesday), Fox News Channel, 4.24 million.

11. “The Five” (Tuesday), Fox News Channel, 4.17 million.