Presidential Debate Ratings

Presidential Debate Ratings: 56.5 Million Viewers, NBC, Fox News Win The Night

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.16.2008 | Media


The final presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, moderated by Bob Schieffer, drew 56.5 million viewers, more than their first debat...

Presidential Debate Ratings: 63.2 Million Viewers, ABC, CNN Win

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media


The second Presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain was a bigger television event than the first — but not as big as the debate ...

Presidential Debate Ratings: 52.4 Million As ABC, Fox News Win

TVWeek | Michele Greppi | Posted 10.31.2008 | Media


By making a night of it, ABC came out a winner Friday, drawing 11.04 million viewers for the first of three presidential debates between Democratic ca...

57 Million Watched Presidential Debate: Nielsen Estimate

McClatchy | Glenn Garvin | Posted 10.28.2008 | Media


Preliminary Nielsen data from 55 cities where it operates so-called "people meters," set-top boxes that monitor television viewing, shows that a third...