The 90-minute debate, hosted by CNN and simulcast throughout 22 networks, featured simply the 2 presumptive get together nominees and was outlined by rambling solutions by the present president and lies and misstatements by his predecessor.
The community telecast the occasion from its studios in Atlanta, offering a stay feed to others freed from cost however with circumstances over its presentation and branding, CNN acknowledged.
How many individuals watched the primary presidential debate of 2024?
CNN drew 9.04 million tv viewers to its flagship channel, CNN Espanol and HLN, the community mentioned on Friday. Fox News drew 8.8 million viewers, ABC News had 8.7 million and MSNBC drew 4.9 million viewers, in line with the community.
The first presidential debate of 2024 generated greater than 30 million views on CNN’s digital properties and on YouTube. “Across CNN’s digital platforms, the controversy was CNN’s greatest debate ever and tied with our greatest stay stream occasion ever with 2.3 million concurrent stay views at 9:47 p.m,” CNN acknowledged.
How do rankings evaluate to previous debate viewership?
The practically 48 million who watched Thursday night time’s debate on TV marks a 35% decline from 2020, when greater than 73 million folks watched the primary debate between Biden and Trump throughout all TV networks. In 2016, a file 84 million folks watched the primary debate between Hillary Clinton and Trump.
The earlier most-watched program in CNN’s historical past got here in 2015, when a Republican debate that includes Trump and GOP rivals averaged 23.1 million viewers, the community relayed.
