Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Metadata and abstracts from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, which has recorded US national television news since August 5, 1968.

v1.18.0 2021-01-02 → 2022-11-03
Total Segments
63,082
5 networks
Total Airtime
1940h 45m
avg 1m 51s / segment
Reporters
923
Muir, David leads
Programs
9
broadcast shows

Network Distribution

CBS
18417 (29.2%)
NBC
17774 (28.2%)
CNN
17064 (27.1%)
ABC
9687 (15.4%)
MSNBC
140 (0.2%)

Airtime by Network

CBS
324h 53m
NBC
347h 39m
CNN
805h 10m
ABC
379h 46m
MSNBC
83h 14m

Monthly Coverage

2021-01: 2200
2021-02: 2703
2021-03: 3006
2021-04: 2908
2021-05: 3067
2021-06: 2978
2021-07: 3236
2021-08: 2907
2021-09: 2788
2021-10: 2790
2021-11: 2702
2021-12: 2712
2022-01: 2846
2022-02: 2629
2022-03: 2808
2022-04: 2884
2022-05: 2958
2022-06: 2896
2022-07: 3046
2022-08: 3074
2022-09: 2812
2022-10: 2863
2022-11: 269
2021-01 2022-11