UPDATED, 4:27 PM: The Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate on ABC News drew 67.14 million viewers across 17 networks on Tuesday.
That’s far more than the 51.3 million who tuned in to CNN’s Trump-Joe Biden debate in June.
With David Muir and Linsey Davis moderating, ABC drew 19.05 million total viewers as the host network, far more than its rivals.
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The debate’s linear TV audience still fell short of the 73.1 million who watched the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in 2020.
Tuesday’s debate drew 21.32 million viewers in the 25-54 demo.
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ABC News allowed the debate to be simulcast by other networks. NBC News drew 10.08 million viewers, followed by Fox News with 9.06 million, MSNBC with 6.38 million, CBS News with 6.19 million, Fox Broadcasting with 4.85 million and CNN with 4.39 million. Other stats: Telemundo drew 1.16 million, beating Univision. Fox Business Network drew 295,000.
In the 25-54 demo, ABC News topped with 6.6 million, followed by NBC News with 3.74 million, Fox News with 1.94 million, Fox Broadcasting with 1.90 million, CNN with 1.58 million, CBS News with 1.90 million and MSNBC with 1.24 million.
The figures are from Nielsen via ABC News and Fox News.
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The networks covered include ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Merit Street, Scripps News, Telemundo, Univision, BET, CNN, CNNe, FOX News Channel, Fox Business, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation and PBS.
Nielsen also provided a further breakdown by age: An estimated 6.47 million were age 18-34, 16.88 million were aged 35-54 and 41.35 million were 55 and above.
PREVIOUSLY, 11:41 AM: Early numbers show that the ABC News debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will easily surpass the audience for this cycle’s first event in June featuring Trump and President Joe Biden.
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The debate was watched by an estimated 57.7 million viewers across eight networks, according to Nielsen figures released by Fox News. That is higher even than the early numbers for June’s CNN-hosted event, which drew an estimated 51.3 million viewers across 16 networks.
Final figures will be available later today.
ABC News topped all networks with an estimated 18.31 million viewers, followed by NBC News with 9.7 million, Fox News with 8.67 million, MSNBC with 6.02 million, CBS News with 5.91 million, Fox Broadcasting with 4.74 million, CNN with 4.11 million and Fox Business Network with 287,000.
The figures do not include streaming.
ABC News made the debate available for simulcast by rival networks.
Figures later in the day will feature additional networks that aired the event. An estimated 73.1 million watched the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in 2020.
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As a nonUSA citizen, I am interested in what goes on in that country, of course, my southern neighbours! As a descendent of Hungarian émigrés, I laughed so hard to learn
that YouKnowWho has as best frien Orbàn, the country’s current dictator prime minister or president. I hope it does do him good to be friends with a 16-million citizens country. And we know what other dictators Trump finds attractive. Never laughed so hard in my life. Talk about a MINUS. My message : PLEASE SAVE US FROM THIS CLOWN – HE IS DANGEROUS. THANK YOU.
Trump fact checked, Harris was not.
Enjoy Trump’s sentencing in November. 💙
Name one time when Fox/OAN/Newsmax ever fact-checked the serial liar and grifter Trump. Whoa, listen to those crickets chirping! LOL
Because Harris didn’t lie every time she spoke. She would have been fact checked also if she told outrageous lies like people were eating pets and killing infants after birth.
Kamala was poised, intelligent, confident, and brought her A-game to the debate. Trump by contrast sounded like a deranged senile old coot ranting about eating dogs who needed his soiled diaper changed.
We are in deep do do. Trump or Harris? Lame candidates. Sad situation.
Kamala has a plan. 😂
David Muir should be canned!!!Very much out of line!! His remarks were uncalled for Trump
Trump has a concept for a plan.
Maybe. It all Depends.