Presidential Debate Ratings Last Night

So the commission on presidential debates shifted the format to prevent spread of the deadly disease.

Presidential debate ratings last night. 9 nlcs and alcs games on oct. The first presidential debate between president donald trump and democratic nominee joe biden averaged 68 1 million viewers across eight broadcast and cable networks with fox news leading the way. Still viewership on tuesday night topped all of the debates in 2000 2004 2008 and 2012 and all but one of the match ups in 2016. For the night the presidential debate scored a 7 1 rating among adults 18 49.

Notes for 2020 debates. The first 2016 trump vs clinton debate drew 84 million viewers compared to this year s 27 3 million viewers. Out of home viewing as well as connected tv ctv viewing are included in the 2020 total figures for this. That s down from the record 84 million for the first debate in 2016.

Trump refused to participate in a virtual second debate with biden after getting the coronavirus so biden scheduled a town hall for that evening oct. Monday night football game on sept. There were no televised presidential debates for the years 1972 1968 and 1964. Last night s debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues the debate commission.

Nielsen s records go back to 1976. Fox news reporter chris wallace moderated last night s debate against trump and biden. 26 sunday night football nlds and alds games on oct. 73 1 million people watched the debate on tv last night.

Biden had more viewers than trump last night. That s a huge number more than triple the. Tuesday night s so called debate between donald trump and joe biden was seen by a whopping 73 1 million viewers tuesday according to nielsen. More people watched democratic presidential nominee joe biden s town hall on thursday night than watched president donald trump s which took place at the same time.