Election night is often known as the Super Bowl for TV news, but this year even the NFL's conference championship games were watched by more people. Television viewership in general has slipped ...

Fox News led the 8-11 p.m. ET block with 10.32 million viewers watching coverage anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. MSNBC (6.01 million) finished second, narrowly beating ABC’s 5.9 million.

The idea of grabbing some popcorn and watching television to see who America has chosen for its next president was far less appealing this year than in the past. Election night is often known as ...