TV Ratings: Ninth Democratic Debate Breaks Viewer Record for Party

[RandySF]

he ninth debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary — and the first featuring former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg — delivered record viewership for a Democratic debate.

Nearly 20 million people watched the debate on NBC and MSNBC Wednesday night. The 19.66 million viewers for the two-hour telecast breaks the previous Democratic primary record of 18.1 million by a sizable margin. The previous mark was set in June 2019 for night two of the first Democratic debate, carried by NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo.

The debate also averaged 417,000 streaming viewers, bringing the total average audience just above 20 million.

The broadcast also brought in 5.31 million viewers in the key news demographic of adults 25-54 — just ahead of the 5.3 million for the June debate — and 4.26 million in the 18-49 demo across the two networks.




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[Peregrine Took]

1. That's what I thought. Everyone wanted to see Bloomie & how he interacted with the group. n/t

[msongs]

2. ppl tuned in because bloomie was there IMO nt

[highplainsdem]

3. This is good for Warren and Biden. Definitely not good for Bloomberg.

[krissey]

4. Good. A lot of people saw the bold Warren.

[Baclava]

5. Liz's takedown of Bloomberg went viral, a billion people on Youtube saw it by now, lol

[efhmc]

6. I know you like Elizabeth but a billion? Made me smile.

I can always use a little chuckle.

[Baclava]

9. yaknow the whole world gets all their news from Youtube TV nowadays, lol

[JFlash]

7. Surprised that a Wednesday night debate would get such good ratings

That means the debate will move the poll numbers

[rockfordfile]

11. Nope Americans are ready to get rid of Trump. They're sick of the treason, corruption, and lies

[ancianita]

8. About 700,000 video views on YouTube by my non-math estimate.

[efhmc]

10. Amazing.