The Average Viewer of the Third GOP Debate Lost Interest After Just One Hour

14 million watched on CNBC

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Wednesday night's GOP presidential debate on CNBC—in which the moderators got more attention than the candidateswas watched by 14 million people. While that's a record audience for CNBC, it's significantly lower than the 24 million viewers who watched the first Republican debate on Fox News in August and the 23.1 million who tuned in to CNN for the second debate last month. The Oct. 13 Democratic presidential debate, which also aired on CNN, was watched by 15.3

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