Donald Trump to be interviewed before the Super Bowl by Sean Hannity at the White House
- Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity will be sitting down with President Trump at the White House for an interview airing during the pregame show on February 2
- Trump will be speaking about ‘an array of topics’, Fox has said
- Fox launched a campaign on Sunday encouraging viewers to take a day off after the Super Bowl next month to recover – and catch-up on shows they missed
- Trump’s plans to hit the prime-time audience during the game comes as television ratings of his impeachment trial have fallen
- The U.S. television audience for Democrats’ arguments that he should be impeached dropped on Thursday to roughly 7.8 million viewers
Super Bowl viewers will see an interview with the president during the Fox Pregame Show, it has been revealed.
Fox News’ Sean Hannity will be sitting down with President Trump at the White House for a special interview that will air during the show on February 2.
Trump will be speaking about ‘an array of topics’, Fox has said.
Extra portions of the interview will then be shown the following evening during Hannity’s regular slot.
Super Bowl fans will be treated to an interview with the president (pictured) during the Fox Pregame Show, it has been revealed
Hannity (above) will be sitting down with President Trump at the White House for a special interview that will air during the show on February 2
Fox launched a campaign on Sunday encouraging viewers to take a day off after the Super Bowl next month to recover – and catch-up on shows they missed – in the network’s attempt to ‘create a new holiday’.
The television network’s campaign said football fans should make the most of ‘Super Monday’ by having a TV binge.
Trump’s plans to hit the prime-time audience during the game comes as television ratings of his impeachment trial have fallen.
The U.S. television audience for Democrats’ arguments that the president should be impeached declined on Thursday to roughly 7.8 million viewers during live daytime coverage, according to data from the Nielsen ratings agency.
The viewership was a 29% drop from Tuesday afternoon when about 11 million watched lawmakers spar over evidence and witnesses for the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history.
TV viewership fell to 8.9 million on Wednesday as Democrats began making their case to the U.S. Senate and at the same time reach voters ahead of the November presidential election.
Reigning champions: The New England Patriots celebrate their victory at the end of the 2019 Super Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia
Fox launched a campaign on Sunday encouraging viewers to take a day off after the Super Bowl next month to recover – and catch-up on shows they missed – in the network’s attempt to ‘create a new holiday’
Nielsen’s TV ratings do not include people who watched live coverage via online streaming or followed it via social media.
Democrats argued that Republican Trump abused his power and obstructed justice for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, one of his potential Democratic opponents in November, and impeding the inquiry into the matter. They were due to wrap up their case on Friday.
The Republican president denies any wrongdoing.
The impeachment trial is unlikely to end with a vote that removes Trump from office, as Republicans who control the Senate have voiced support for the president.
Six broadcast and cable networks have aired live coverage of the impeachment trial during the day. They are Walt Disney Co’s ABC, AT&T Inc’s CNN, ViacomCBS’s CBS, Comcast Corp’s NBC and MSNBC, and Fox Corp’s Fox News. Cable channels are broadcasting the trial live in the evenings.