According to early Nielsen figures, approximately 47.9 million viewers tuned in to the debate on Thursday night.
Obama calls Biden's catastrophic debate performance 'bad,' urges voters to back prez as calls to step down mountThe first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump drew an audience of nearly 48 million viewers — making it the highest-ever rated program in CNN ’s history.
The most watched presidential debate in history took place four years prior to that in 2016 between Trump, who at the time was a longshot Republican candidate, and the presumptive favorite, Hillary Clinton.Megyn Kelly mocks Hillary Clinton 'cringe' book cover: 'Retouching I haven't seen since Joan Rivers had her 15th surgery'The first Clinton-Trump debate was viewed by an all-time record high of 84 million people.
Fox News, which simulcast the debate, drew around 8.8 million viewers while ABC News generated an audience of 8.7 million people.The lower viewership for Thursday’s event could be partly explained by the various streaming options. A CNN spokesperson told The Post that the debate was the “most watched non-sports program of the year so far among both” total viewers and those in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic.
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