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‘Loudest Voice’ has modest start

NEW YORK

Intensely loyal viewers routinely make Fox News Channel the most-watched cable network each week. So how many people want to watch a miniseries about Roger Ailes, the man who developed and ran the place for its first two decades?

The safest answer for Showtime’s “The Loudest Voice in the Room” is it’s early. The Nielsen company said 299,000 watched Sunday’s 10 p.m. debut of the miniseries starring Russell Crowe, or roughly one-tenth of the audience Sean Hannity pulls in each night.

For the week of June 24-30, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: “Democratic Debate” (Thursday), NBC, MSNBC, Telemundo, 18.1 million; “Democratic Debate” (Wednesday), NBC, MSNBC, Telemundo, 15.3 million; “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 10.14 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7 million; “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 5.74 million; “Big Brother” (Tuesday), CBS, 4.94 million; “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.87 million; “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 4.67 million; “The $100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 4.59 million; “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 4.53 million.

Associated Press