If anyone doubted that Barack Obama is the biggest star of all, read this:
Preliminary Nielsen Media Research estimates show that election night was the biggest show of all times, while ABC News won the top of ratings with 13.1 million prime-time viewers.
CNN boasted only 12.3 million and NBC came close with 12 million.
CNN essentially doubled its audience from the 2004 Election Night, reflecting how cable is increasingly the go-to choice for television news.
Nielsen did not immediately have a full audience estimate for the countdown to Obama's win, which would also include viewers who watched returns on networks like CNBC and BET.
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