Ratings Of Last Night S Debate

A tale as old as time.

Ratings of last night s debate. The numbers easily surpassed previous debate ratings from the 2008 democratic primary but fell short of the first republican debate in 2015. The ratings were actually much higher than initially reported. Night 1 of cnn s democratic presidential debate on tuesday attracted 8 7 million viewers according to the cable network a significant decline in ratings from the first debate of the 2020 election cycle. The first night of debating brought in only 10 million viewers.

The first republican debate in the 2016 election cycle brought in a record 24 million viewers on fox news channel wow. 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. It was reported earlier today that last night s debate ratings were abysmal compared to 2016 but those were just preliminary numbers. The television audience for the debate was.

First debate down vs. Nbc reports the viewership for last night was a little more than half of the first debate while livestream viewing was about a third as much. 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. Utah in salt lake city on wednesday night in a 90 minute debate that aired commercial free on the four major.

The network noted in a press release that last night s event was the highest rated convention prime. Still viewership on tuesday night topped all of the debates in 2000 2004 2008 and 2012 and all but one of. Trump clinton but third biggest since 1976. 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.

In what will likely sting the ratings obsessed incumbent the early ratings for trump s abc town hall of september 15 were down a harsh 77 in the demo from what biden scored last night. Even so the decision by nbc to allow trump to counter program biden s already scheduled town hall is made even worse by the president s petty aims.