Steve Kornacki and NBC Drew Crowds as Midterms Got a Ratings Bump NYT - Business By: John Koblin and Michael M. Grynbaum 5 November 2026 at 22:47 More than 31 million viewers followed along with the Democratsβ big night on television, a 23 percent jump from the 2022 midterm elections. Β© Lexi Parra/The New York TimesNBC 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.