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An estimated 8.7 million viewers tuned in to watch the results of New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday night, with FOX News seeing the largest audience in averaging 4.44 million total viewers, according to early Nielsen Media Research.MSNBC finished second on Tuesday night with 2.61 million total viewers and CNN was third with 1.64 million."Hannity" was the most-watched program on Tuesday night on cable with 4.72 million viewers, followed by "Tonight" with 4.44 million and "The Ingraham Angle" with 4.15 million, marking a network record for the first-in-the-nation primary.In the 25- to 54-year-old demographic sought by advertisers, FNC was first with 784,000 viewers in primetime, followed by CNN's 596,000 and MSNBC's 577,000.Sen.(I-Vt.) finished first in New Hampshire, with former South Bend, Ind., Mayorcoming in second and Sen.(D-Minn.) winning third place.Last week was a particularly busy time in political news given's State of the Union address on Feb. 4 and his acquittal in his impeachment trial in the Senate the following day. The Iowa caucuses also took place on Feb. 3, though the results didn't begin to trickle in until later in the day on Feb. 4.The Trump-heavy events helped Fox News deliver its highest-rated week in primetime since the week of the 2016 election, according to Nielsen, averaging 4.27 million viewers.