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 |