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<p>NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Nielsen estimates 31 million viewers watched TV coverage of President Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration on Friday.</p><p>That audience total, measuring continuous coverage by 12 broadcast and cable networks, soundly beat the 20.6 million who viewed President Barack Obama&#8217;s second inauguration in 2013. But a president&#8217;s second swearing-in typically logs a drop-off in viewership. Obama&#8217;s first inauguration in 2009 was seen by 37.8 million people.</p><p>NBC was the most-watched broadcast network with 5.8 million viewers, followed by ABC (4.9 million) and CBS (4.6 million).</p><p>On cable, Fox News Channel was far ahead, with 8.43 million viewers. CNN had 2.46 million and MSNBC had 1.35 million.</p><p>The most-watched inauguration since 1969 was President Ronald Reagan&#8217;s first oath-taking in 1981, which was seen by 41.8 million people.</p><p>The debates between Trump and Hillary Clinton were watched by record numbers of viewers, with 84 million people tuning in to the highest-rated first debate in September 2016. However, daytime television has far fewer viewers than prime time.</p><style>
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Nielsen: 31 million viewers saw Trump’s swearing-in