Welcome to the first Essential Arts newsletter of the President Biden era. I’m Times arts writer Jessica Gelt, filling in for the indefatigable Carolina Miranda with a rundown of the week’s culture news the Bernie memes edition.
The Biden inauguration, with L.A. assists
The inauguration proceedings were a little surreal, what with the National Mall largely empty and the ceremony at the Capitol filled with ex-presidents in face coverings reminding us that we might have a new administration, but we’re still in the same old pandemic times.
Arts staffers here, like the rest of Twitter, were amused by the presence of the famously irascible
Coronavirus news from the Bay Area: Jan. 14-20
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More people tuned in to watch Joe Biden s inauguration on Wednesday than former President Trump s ceremony in 2017, according to new data revealed by Nielsen.
Roughly 40 million people watched live coverage of Democrat Biden s inauguration as US president on six TV networks, according to the data released on Thursday, a 4% increase over the number that tuned in for Donald Trump s swearing-in four years ago.
The figure covers the 30-minute span starting at 11:45 am EST on Wednesday, when Biden took the oath of office and delivered his inaugural address from the U.S. Capitol.
More people tuned in to watch Joe Biden s inauguration on Wednesday than former President Trump s ceremony in 2017, according to new data revealed by Nielsen
Houston Public Media reporter Matt Harab also joins Ernie with latest COVID stats in Harris County, including:
This past week, Texas Medical Center hospitals, for the first time since the week of Oct. 19, are reporting a lower number when it comes to the daily average of hospitalized COVID patients, than the previous week.
Last week, there were on average 323 COVID patients hospitalized each day in TMC hospitals. The week before, that number was 335.
Back on the week of Oct. 19, an average of 92 COVID patients were being admitted per day. Since then, every week has been a high number. But the acceleration upwards was halted last week.