Debate Viewership By Channel

Viewership across networks was fairly stable over the course of the first hour but started to decline around 10 30 p m.

Debate viewership by channel. Fox news channel posted the best overall nielsen measured viewers for the 2020 vice presidential debate while abc had the top results among key 25 54 viewers and 18 34 viewers. The viewership for the first of the three. There were no televised presidential debates for the years 1972 1968 and 1964. Nielsen has published its tv ratings for the 90 minute event and it.

Donald trump at the nbc news town hall. According to nielsen 73 1 million people tuned into 16 different channels to watch the first debate although streaming numbers are still pending. Contribution coming from ctvs can be as much as 11 for televised political events. The vice presidential debate between incumbent mike pence and challenger kamala harris got 57 9 million viewers the strongest showing in a dozen years.

Fox news channel draws 17 8 million viewers for first trump biden debate in all 68 1 million americans tuned in across eight broadcast cable networks. Fox was at 11 5. More than 73 million people watched the first debate between president donald trump and former vice president joe biden tuesday night. The first presidential debate of the 2020 election is officially in the books and per vizio s inscape the tv data company with insights from a panel of more than 16 million smart tvs in general nearly 60 of tvs tuned into the debate.

Nielsen data shows the debate drew 73 1 million total viewers across broadcast networks cable channels and some streaming services the second most of any debate since 1980. Et as it came to a close before. Out of home viewing as well as connected tv ctv viewing are included in the 2020 total figures for this advisory.