Debate Ranker: ABC Still Leads

By Chris Ariens 

As New Hampshirites go to the polls today, we have additional numbers for Sunday morning’s NBC News GOP debate, which was simulcast on MSNBC. With a preliminary 4.16 million on NBC and an additional 556,000 during the first run on MSNBC, 4.715M watched the debate. ABC News still holds the lead for most viewers for their Dec. 10 debate in Iowa. Fox News Channel’s debate five days later tops the two most recent debates on ABC and NBC/MSNBC.

Debate Network Total Viewers A25-54
Jan. 8 NBC/MSNBC 4,715,000 1,649,000
Jan. 7 ABC 6,250,000 1,730,000
Dec. 15 Fox News 6,713,000 1,865,000
Dec. 10 ABC 7,630,000 2,100,000
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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