First Presidential Debate Ratings

The premiere brought in a strong 1 3 rating and 6 1 million total viewers who tuned in before or after on the west coast the debate.

First presidential debate ratings. The tv audience for the widely panned first presidential debate between president trump and his challenger former vice president joe biden on tuesday fell short of expectations. More than 73 million people watched tuesday night s presidential debate according to nielsen ratings a large audience that still represented a 13 drop from the record breaking first debate of. Viewership of tuesday s debate was 13 lower than for the first presidential debate of the 2016 election cycle when donald trump squared off against former secretary of state hillary clinton. The preliminary ratings are in for the first presidential debate between president donald trump and former vice president joe biden on tuesday night and while plenty of people tuned in for what.

The first trump clinton debate averaged 84 million viewers while the rematch averaged 66 5 million and the final debate averaged 71 6 million viewers. The first presidential debate of 2020 between president donald trump and democratic nominee joe biden brought a smaller tv audience than the record setting first debate four. Fox news has claimed most viewers for the first presidential debate in the last three cycles but cnn has won two of those three in the key demo if history is any indicator fox news will handily. The ratings are in.