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Steve Kornacki and NBC Drew Crowds as Midterms Got a Ratings Bump

More than 31 million viewers followed along with the Democrats’ big night on television, a 23 percent jump from the 2022 midterm elections.

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NBC led all the major cable and broadcast networks with 6.7 million viewers, a total that did not include a significant online audience for the livestream of its indefatigable data nerd, Steve Kornacki, in the white shirt.

Trump Is Watching Fox News, and He Is Not Thrilled

4 November 2026 at 01:59
On a consequential midterm night, the president offered some harsh criticism of the cable news channel on his social media account.

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President Trump raged against Jessica Tarlov, a co-host of β€œThe Five” on Fox News, on his social media account on Tuesday.

As Political Ad Spending Skyrockets, Broadcast TV Remains King

1 November 2026 at 15:04
Even though marketers have increasingly shifted their dollars to other media, local stations are reaping a bonanza during these midterm elections. Nowhere is this is more evident than in Texas.

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Cyril Hilsum, Who Helped Invent Flat-Panel Displays in TVs and iPhones, Has Died at 101

1 November 2026 at 10:00
The man who helped develop the technology for liquid crystal displays β€” the screens in flat-panel televisions and laptops β€” has died at 101.

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Cyril Hilsum with a fellow scientist in England in 1966. Known as β€œthe father of liquid crystals,” he helped develop the technology that allowed electronic screens to go from bulky to svelte.
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