Posted on 01/19/2016 1:14:46 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Sunday night's NBC face-off between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders was watched by 10.2 million viewers, making it the most-watched Democratic primary debate since October.
The ratings were an improvement over the other two Democratic debates on broadcast networks this election season. CBS's Democratic debate on a Saturday night in November averaged 8.5 million viewers. The ABC debate on the Saturday before Christmas in December had 7.8 million.
NBC had an advantage over ABC and CBS, since Sunday nights have heavier TV viewership. Still, NBC's debate -- the fourth of the Democratic cycle -- didn't come close to matching the first one, televised by CNN in October.
That debate, held on a Tuesday night, had 15.3 million viewers. It remains the highest-rated Democratic primary match-up in TV history.
NBC said another 550,000 people watched its debate through a rebroadcast on MSNBC later in the evening.
Some critics have accused the Democratic National Committee of trying to limit primary debates and limit viewership by holding them at inopportune times. NBC's debate, for instance, was held in the middle of a three day holiday weekend.
With that in mind, the ratings were still relatively strong. But there's clearly still a ratings gap between the Democrats and the Republicans.
The Fox Business Network's GOP primary debate last week -- with Donald Trump at center stage -- averaged 11 million viewers. That was the lowest-rated GOP debate of the season, but it still outperformed NBC's Democratic debate.
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So they have had debates with these 3 idiots before and the ratings were lower.
Now all of a sudden the ratings go up on a Sunday evening with football on too.!
Sorry not buy what NBC is selling.
Wow.
This is BS. Who would watch the debate during a palyoff game.
They’re worried about Trump. The only Republican candidate mentioned. They know it’s not going to go down like the previous two elections.
Ha!
I ain’t buying what Arbitron and neilsen are selling.
There’s nothin’ like a good trainwreck to draw a crowd of gawkers...
Fewer than the last Republican debate. Aw.
I don’t want to sound like I’m supporting the Dems, but reality is reality.
Assuming we can trust the ratings....
The GOP debate went from an audience high of 24 million ( the first debate ) to 11 million ( the last one ).
The Democrats on the other hand, went from 14 Million ( their first one ) to 8 Million to 10 million (the latest one).
Drinking game players laughing AT them not harmonizing WITH them.
Hillary is disappointed, she has been trying to hide for the last 8 years.
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