Ratings For Last Night Debates

Notes for 2020 debates.

Ratings for last night debates. 26 sunday night football nlds and alds games on oct. 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. The ratings were actually much higher than initially reported. Ratings for last night s democratic debate were down sharply compared to the one last month.

There were no televised presidential debates for the years 1972 1968 and 1964. That s a huge number more than triple the. Cnn money more than 65 million people watched the first debate between president donald trump and former vice president joe biden tuesday night. It was reported earlier today that last night s debate ratings were abysmal compared to 2016 but those were just preliminary numbers.

Debate rules required that each candidate using the honor system had tested negative prior to the cleveland event but trump spoke in circles when asked when he last tested negative. Half hour when he had the airwaves to himself his abc town hall surged to 16 7 million viewers. Monday night football game on sept. Biden also benefited by doing an extra half hour of tv last night.

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. 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. The first round of democratic debates last month set a viewership record. That s a total of 12 2 22 in metered markets for the first night of the first democratic 2020 primary debates very good indeed for the nbcu gang especially when you consider last night s.

Out of home viewing as well as connected tv ctv viewing are included in the 2020 total figures for this. 9 nlcs and alcs games on oct. During the 9 9 30 p m.