Posted on 01/29/2016 2:22:20 PM PST by elhombrelibre
Thursday nightâs Republican presidential debate on FOX News Channel scored 12.5 million viewers, making it the second-highest rated telecast in the networkâs history.
The debate topped all television shows -- including broadcast programs -- on Thursday night in total viewers. It also pulled in 3.5 million viewers in the advertiser-friendly demo of adults aged 25-54, according to Early Nielsen Research.
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Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
In other news, half an S sandwich, is still and S sandwich.
Big swing between this and the highest watched.
Guess the effort by TRUMP (PRAISE BE TO HIS NAME!) to prove the debate would be worthless without him there fell flat on it’s face!
More hot-air from TRUMP (PRAISE BE TO HIS NAME!)
Ho hum...
Yawn...
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
So where did the other 10 million people go?
Right. The highest rated telecast was the first debate with Trump, with more than twice the number of viewers.
And higher rated than the last R debate that the New York liberal participated in!
Pure spin.
Last nights debate was the 2nd lowest rating debate out of 7.
They probably didn’t feel like watching two Cuban guys argue over who gets to come in second. :D
People only turned in to see the debacle.
Some of them watched Trump’s Veterans gig last night.
With C-Span’s numbers not readily available, to my knowledge, I don’t know how you account for them all.
Others tuned out.
You el hombre but the cultists are gonna get “snippy”.
But last nights ratings winner was the debate. And we know how Trump feels about ratings.
Dude, I’m a Cruz supporter to but isn’t this article kinda skewing the facts a bit?
I always enjoy watching Ted’s Evangelicals express themselves.
25 million people watched the first Fox debate months ago.
This debate, just before the Iowa vote, was expected to be the highest rated.
But the number of viewers dropped in half.
“Some of them watched Trumpâs Veterans gig last night.
With C-Spanâs numbers not readily available, to my knowledge, I donât know how you account for them all.
Others tuned out.”
And quite a few watched both.
The numbers
Yes, others did watch both. That’s true.
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