NCS mentioned that its dwell telecast of Broadway’s Good Night, And Good Luck drew 2.011 million TV viewers within the U.S., topping whole cable viewers on Saturday, whereas the community mentioned that it additionally added thousands and thousands extra on streaming and different platforms.
The community closely promoted the George Clooney led efficiency, and featured pre- and post- present panels that tied Edward R. Morrow’s 1954 problem to Joe McCarthy to that of occasions of the current day.
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In the 25-34 demo, the dwell presentation drew 223,000, third behind ESPN and ESPN 2 for the day.
The figures are from Nielsen by way of NCS.
The community mentioned that its broadcast of Good Night, And Good Luck reached 7.34 million whole viewers on NCS U.S. and NCS International, in addition to streaming audiences on Max and NCS.com. By comparability, 155,000 noticed the present dwell all through its Broadway run.
The community mentioned that the particular was its second highest primetime of the 12 months.
Clooney starred as Murrow within the efficiency, which was based mostly on his 2005 film of the identical identify. This was the penultimate efficiency of the present on the Winter Garden Theatre in New York.
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