Debate Ratings By Time
The vice presidential debate between mike pence and kamala harris was a much bigger audience draw than the vp debate in 2016 according to nielsen ratings.
Debate ratings by time. Unlike four years ago nbc was not top dog this time round in the early ratings. Angry exchanges marked tuesday s debate between president trump and joe biden which fell far below the audience of 84 million for 2016 s first debate. Cbs and fox both scored a 0 9 4. On cbs love island shot up 50 to 0 6 and the debate notched a 1 1.
That distinction goes to abc and its 7 7 million viewers and 1 7 rating among adults 18 49. Most popular on time 1. Sixth democratic debate hits ratings low for 2020 cycle justin sullivan getty images the average for all debates in the current campaign however remains well ahead of four years ago. Fox had the masked singer off 18 to 1 4 and the debate at 1 1.
Nbc had the premiere of game show weakest link hosted by jane lynch at 1 3. First presidential debate ratings fall short. The comcast owned net. The debate reached its peak audience between 10 p m and 10 30 p m.
Pre game show trump vs. Ted cruz who had a tough time in trump s absence was the most mentioned candidate of the night as his last name was mentioned in 110 000 tweets about the debate. It was the highest rated debate among adults between the ages of 25 and 54 and saturday s top primetime broadcast figures show. That debate was the.
Ratings for the traditional big four were high on the night thanks to the vp showdown. The debate got a 2 0. The presidential debate last week got a 2 6 on abc. The main event got a 1 2 and the debate got a 2 6 across its two hours with 10 3 million total viewers.
The most watched primary debate of all time still belongs to the 2015 republican presidential debate in ohio for which approximately 24 million people tuned into fox news.