Final Presidential Debate Draws 63 Million Viewers

It's a drop from the first face-off, but double last week's dueling town halls

The second and final presidential debate of 2020 between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden was a bit more substantial and far more civil than the first debate last month.

But the ratings for Thursday’s face-off represent a big drop from the first debate’s audience.

Last night’s event drew 63 million total viewers across 15 networks—ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, PBS, CNN, CNN en Espanol, Fox Business Network, Fox News, MSNBC, Newsmax, Newsy, Vice and WGN America—according to Nielsen.

That number represents a 14% drop—10 million people—from the 73.1

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