3.6 Million Watch Debate on CNN

By Chris Ariens 

Americans may be getting debate fatigue. Or maybe they were out shopping for Thanksgiving dinner last night as CNN’s GOP National Security Debate was the least watched debate on the major networks since June. (CNBC’s one and only debate earlier this month drew fewer viewers.)

The debate was watched by 3.599 million total viewers and 1.041 million in the A25-54 demo. But that was enough to make CNN #1 during the 8-10pm time period last night among the cable news networks.

Here’s the updated TVNewser Debate Ranker:

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Debate Network Total Viewers A25-54
Nov. 22 CNN 3,599,000 1,041,000
Nov. 12 CBS 5,480,000 1,520,000
Nov. 9 CNBC 3,332,000 993,000
Oct. 18 CNN 5,468,000 1,651,000
Oct. 11 Bloomberg NA NA
Sept. 22 Fox News 6,107,000 1,701,000
Sept. 12 CNN 3,600,000 1,100,000
Sept. 7 MSNBC 5,411,000 1,728,000
Aug. 11 Fox News 5,053,000 1,430,000
June 13 CNN 3,162,000 918,000
May 5 Fox News 3,258,000 854,000

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