Ratings For Presidential Debates

Preliminary ratings indicated the debate did not draw as many viewers as the first presidential debate in september 2016 but the final number which includes 16 networks drew 73 1 million according to nielsen media research.

Ratings for presidential debates. 29 2020 the debate was hosted at case western reserve university in cleveland ohio and featured democratic presidential nominee joe biden and republican presidential nominee donald trump. More than 15 million viewers tuned in for part one of the 2020 presidential election s first primary debate on television wednesday night. The ratings are in. Commission on presidential debates says it will make changes to format to ensure a more orderly discussion the nielsen ratings only include americans who watched on television sets.

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 wallace moderating the trump friendly network notched 17 8 million viewers a gain of. 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. 28 1980 in their only televised bout of the year jimmy carter and ronald reagan set a still standing presidential debate record with 80 6 million total viewers.

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. After the record 84 million viewers for the first trump clinton encounter the second 2016 presidential debate drew 66 5 million viewers with the third experiencing an uptick to 71 6 million. 30 2020 an estimated 73 1 million people tuned in to watch the first debate of the 2020 presidential election on tuesday sept. New york ny sept.