The House Speaker Drama Has One Winner: C-SPAN

C-SPAN’s television ratings surged as viewers tuned in to watch the drama unfolding in the U.S. House of Representatives, where multiple attempts to elect a speaker have failed over several days

C-SPAN’s television ratings surged as viewers tuned in to watch the drama unfolding in, where multiple attempts to elect a speaker have failed over several days.

The channel was watched by some 379,000 households on Tuesday, the first day of the new Congress, a 161% increase over the opening day of the prior Congress in 2021, according to an estimate from Samba TV, a firm that tracks what people are watching on smart TVs. Viewership remained elevated the next day.

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