Debate Ratings Last Night

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.

Debate ratings last night. 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. Cnn money more than 65 million people watched the first debate between president donald trump and former vice president joe biden tuesday night. 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.

73 1 million people watched the debate on tv last night. 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. John koblin koblin september 30 2020. 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.

That s down from the record 84 million for the first debate in 2016. More than 15 million viewers tuned in for part one of the 2020 presidential election s first primary debate on television wednesday night. Per nielsen finals tuesday night s first presidential debate of 2020 amassed 34 1 million total viewers across abc which accounted for the largest broadcast crowd with 12 6 mil nbc 9 7 mil. That s a huge number more than triple the.

The ratings were actually much higher than initially reported. 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. 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. The first night of debating brought in only 10 million viewers.