The same could not said for the ratings
Snaring 8.3 million viewers, the CNN and New York Times hosted shindig was the second least watched debate so far.
Last night’s three-hour run on the Jeff Zucker-led outlet was down 22% from the last time CNN hosted a Dems debate back on July 31 in what was Night 2 of a two-part event. In fact, the only debate to do worse than last night and its record number of candidates was the first night of the last CNN aired debate on July 30. That Sanders and Warren-led camp fire of 10 contenders snagged 8.2 million viewers for the WarnerMedia-owned outlet.
It’s broadcast apples to cable avocados, but obviously last night was nowhere near the best ever Dems debate result of the 18.1 million who tuned into to NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo hosted event of June 27 – which was the second night of the first yak fest of the season and the debut of then frontrunner Biden.
And it was way way below the all time debate high of the the 24 million that tuned in for the former Celebrity Apprentice host and his fellow Republicans’ first debate back in 2015. A fact that ratings obsessed Donald Trump didn’t have the numbers to reference last night when he went on social media but will certainly note now:
It may have been the second least watched debate, but the most people that watched CNN in months.