I’m not talking about the insta-polls, I’m talking about the Nielsen ratings for how many people tuned in for the debate.
“Fox’s GOP debate was watched by 24 million viewers on Thursday night, according to Nielsen data, making it the highest-rated primary debate in television history.
The event, featuring Donald Trump in his first debate, was also the highest-rated telecast in the nearly 20 year history of the Fox News Channel, a spokeswoman said.”
http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/07/media/gop-debate-fox-news-ratings/index.html
I was referring to the Nielsen ratings which were plastered all over Drudge.