U.S. local newscasts: coronavirus viewership impact 2020
Between the weeks of February 10 and March 9, 2020, the top 25 DMAs (Designated Market Areas) in the United States saw an average increase of 11 percent in daily household viewership of local news. Several markets saw growth of more than 15 percent, though the highest was Seattle-Tacoma with 28 percent more households viewing local news on a daily basis in the week ending March 9 than in the corresponding week of February 2020.