Networks See Spike In Viewers As Capitol Siege Played Out; CNN Has Most Watched Day In History

Netflix has a new hit show – Bridgerton! The period drama has surpassed previous most-watched drama The Witcher in the ratings.

2020 certainly helped companies such as Netflix as, with so many people stuck at home, they’ve taken to consuming as many films and TV series as possible.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterWith viewership from 82 million member households in its first 28 days online, Netflix is hailing “Bridgerton” as its biggest-ever debut for an original series on the streaming service, Variety has learned.In her first interview since being elevated to Netflix’s head of drama development last fall, Jinny Howe — the exec who nurtured the Shondaland series — discussed the cheeky, steamy period romance as well as several other dramas Netflix currently has in the

Kate Mara-fronted drama A Teacher, which is based on Hannah Fidell’s feature film, has become FX on Hulu’s most-watched original – surpassing Mrs. America and Devs.

Walker is big!

Netflix fans have told how they have been left terrified by new series The Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer.The series details the hunt for one of America's most evil and infamous serial killers, Richard Ramirez. Satan worshipping Richard went on a murderous rampage in Los Angeles and San Francisco in the 1980s.

Donald Trump spoke who eventually moved, like sea water in a tsunami, toward and around the U.S. Capitol.So, initially, they were called protesters.

Macaulay Culkin said he’s “sold” on the idea of not only removing, but replacing, one of his Home Alone 2: Lost In New York co-stars – Donald Trump.

An upstate New York man caught on video smoking marijuana inside a senator’s office during last week’s assault on the U.S. Capitol says he has no regrets about any of it.

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Donald Trump, making his first public appearance since the siege on the Capitol, told reporters that his speech beforehand was “totally appropriate.”

Democrats are moving to remove President Trump from office after Wednesday's U.S. Capitol riot, but George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said he doesn’t believe Trump committed an impeachable offense.

A West Virginia Republican state lawmaker who posted a video of himself storming the nation's Capitol resigned Saturday effectively immediately after being charged by federal authorities.

Bradley Rukstales, an Illinois man arrested in Wednesday's Capitol riots, told local reporters that joining the protesters was the "single worst personal decision" of his life. Rukstales, CEO of tech company Cogensia, was arrested after pro-Trump demonstrators stormed the Capitol in what has been called a historic attack on democracy.The siege left five people dead, including one Capitol police officer and one protester.

Donald Trump, facing calls for him to be removed from office in the final days of his presidency, posted a video on Thursday calling for unity and acknowledging that Joe Biden would be the next occupant of the White House.

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven A. Sund is resigning.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for Donald Trump to be removed immediately from office following the siege of the Capitol that was motivated by the president’s unfounded claims that the election was stolen from him.