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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSecond Presidential debate delivered massive ratings ~ Mediabistro
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/As it did for the first two debates, Fox News led the way among the cable news channels garnering 11.1 million viewers, on par with its most-watched telecast ever, the Sarah Palin-Joe Biden debate in 2008. CNNs Candy Crowley was the moderator of the debate, but it did not appear to give a significant ratings boost to the channel. It was the only cabler to lose viewers compared to the first Presidential debate, and was down significantly from the second Presidential debate in 2008. MSNBC was third in cable news, but was able to improve its viewership compared to both 2008 and the first debate two weeks ago.
Among the broadcasters, preliminarily ABC and NBC are up compared to the first debate, with CBS down. The numbers will adjust when finals are released.
Sadly less people tuned into MSNBC, - more tuned into Fox and CNN. But, good news overall.
Dawson Leery
(19,358 posts)Fla Dem
(25,538 posts)OhZone
(3,216 posts)"Sadly less people tuned into MSNBC"
Maybe because they disappointed their fans with their pro-horserace bullshit.
Oh well.
mzmolly
(51,494 posts)it. I don't watch MSNBC to see the President get beat up on, that's for sure.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Tweety and Ed cry like last time.
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,491 posts)M$NBC made a real dog's dinner out of the last debate - so I switched for this debate.
mzmolly
(51,494 posts)last night.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)pres debate where they started shitting their pants and calling Obama disrespectful names.
fuck 'em. Hope their ratings hit the bottom of tweety's paper lining in his cage.
Lex
(34,108 posts)OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)Cha
(304,374 posts)cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)Bandit
(21,475 posts)Everytime Mathews came on I switched and then when a commercial came on I switched back. I am finding I watch more Current Political shows than anywhere else now.. MSNBC is now coming in second for me..
is a good option. I tuned in a bit last night as well.
Current is far better
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)..at CNN after the last one...
I'll take Rachel, Chris and the Rev (and yes, even the bald republican prick) over ANY other network every single day, and twice on Sundays...
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)I'll take Rev. Al and Larry O. The others...not so much.
In fact, I don't watch any of the major cable outlets much anymore. C-SPAN is where it's at!
Indykatie
(3,841 posts)Cha
(304,374 posts)So cnn got less viewers than last time and msnbc got more this time but not as much as cnn.
Am I just missing the total of Viewers for the debate...that's what I was curious about. Thanks!
mzmolly
(51,494 posts)I guess it was nearly identical to the total in the first debate. About 67 million.
Cha
(304,374 posts)found this out..
65.6 Million Watched Second Debate, Slightly Less Than First
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=269892