25-54 demographic: (L +SD)
Total day: FNC: 641 | CNN: 768 | MSNBC: 443 | HLN: 138
Prime: FNC: 2348 | CNN: 3175 | MSNBC: 1345 | HLN: 249
| 5p: | 6p: | 7p: | 8p: | 9p: | 10p: | 11p: | |
| FNC | ElectionHQ: | Hume: | Shep: | Fact./Cov.: | Debate: | Greta: | An./H&C: |
| 325 | 413 | 616 | 1097/1733 | 2997 | 2680 | 1848/1249 | |
| CNN | Blitzer: | Blitzer: | Dobbs: | Brown: | Debate: | Cooper: | Cooper: |
| 322 | 367 | 574 | 1155 | 4371 | 3721 | 2236 | |
| MSNBC | Hardball: | Gregory: | Hardball: | Countdown: | Debate: | Analysis: | Countdown: |
| 355 | 364 | 513 | 861 | 1544 | 1750 | 1346 | |
| HLN | Prime: | Prime: | Beck: | Grace: | Beck: | Grace: | Showbiz: |
| 108 | 86 | 268 | 391 | 137 | 233 | 147 | |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
*The 10pm hour average for FNC, CNN and MSNBC is post-debate coverage which began at 10:35pm.
Total Viewers: (L +SD)
Total day: FNC: 2171 | CNN: 1744 | MSNBC: 1042 | HLN: 318
Prime: FNC: 7209 | CNN: 6746 | MSNBC: 3270 | HLN: 598
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| 5p: | 6p: | 7p: | 8p: | 9p: | 10p: | 11p: | |
| FNC | ElectionHQ: | Hume: | Shep: | Fact./Cov.: | Debate: | Greta: | An./H&C: |
| 1855 | 2304 | 2552 | 4366/5773 | 8773 | 7645 | 5432/3597 | |
| CNN | Blitzer: | Blitzer: | Dobbs: | Brown: | Debate: | Cooper: | Cooper: |
| 1144 | 1075 | 1596 | 2657 | 9228 | 7633 | 4596 | |
| MSNBC | Hardball: | Gregory: | Hardball: | Countdown: | Debate: | Analysis: | Countdown: |
| 893 | 943 | 1373 | 2208 | 3768 | 3930 | 2816 | |
| HLN | Prime: | Prime: | Beck: | Grace: | Beck: | Grace: | Showbiz: |
| 227 | 216 | 708 | 917 | 384 | 538 | 349 | |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
*The 10pm hour average for FNC, CNN and MSNBC is post-debate coverage which began at 10:35pm.