2020 Presidential Debate Ratings

The big ratings winner in this year s debate however was fox news channel.

2020 presidential debate ratings. Out of home viewing as well as connected tv ctv viewing are included in the 2020 total figures for this advisory. Notes for 2020 debates. It may have been nearly unwatchable as a television program but a lot of people 73 1 million to be exact tuned in for the first general election debate of the 2020 presidential campaign. Contribution coming from ctvs can be as much as 11 for televised political events.

Fox news tops ratings deadline 84 million is the number to beat for tonight s debate to set a ratings record new york times. With the network s chris. In the latest tv ratings wednesday night s vice presidential debate between mike pence kamala harris and seth brundle amassed 57 9 million total viewers across broadcast and cable channels up. Networks abc nbc cbs and fox news averaged 27 3 million viewers during the 90 minute plus slugfest according to deadline a stunning 36 percent plunge from the 2016 debates.

Only two debates had a bigger average audience than tuesday night. Kamala harris did the best job in the vice presidential debate wednesday night according to a cnn instant poll of registered. There were no televised presidential debates for the years 1972 1968 and 1964. Presidential debate viewership falls from 2016 to 73 1 million.

The ratings are in. Updated 1 27 am et thu october 8 2020 cnn more americans said sen. By contrast nbc s msnbc snagged 7 2 million for the 2020 debate up from 4 9 million in 2016. The 2016 face off between trump and clinton and the sole debate of the 1980 cycle when 80 6.