Nearly 48 million people watched the game on Thursday night. debate televised by CNN between Joe Biden and donald trumprivals in the November presidential election, 35% less than in 2020, the American network revealed on Friday.
The face-to-face showed a lying, but self-confident Trump, and the current tenant of the White House, 81, hesitant, confused and barely understandable, which generated controversy about his suitability within the Democratic Party.
In total, 22 networks broadcast the 90 minutes of this first electoral debate, which could decide the result at the polls on November 5.
Some 8.7 million viewers watched the event on CNN, which provided its broadcast to other networks free of charge; 8.8 million watched it on the conservative Fox News channel, 8.7 million on ABC News and 3.9 million on MSNBC.
According to CNN, the debate also garnered more than 30 million views across its digital outlets and YouTube, as well as the largest audience ever on its Max streaming service, though it did not disclose the figures.
However, the number of viewers fell on 35% Compared to 2020, when more than 73 million people attended the first debate between Trump and Biden, a far cry from the record 84 million for the acrimonious 2016 face-to-face between Hillary Clinton and Trump, the winner of the election. Thursday’s debate featured several firsts. It was the first to be held so early, although as of today the two candidates have not been nominated by their respective parties.
A second debate is scheduled to take place on September 10, broadcast by ABC.
It was also the first time that it was carried out by a private television channel and not by the neutral Presidential Debates Commission, which gives the signal to the networks.
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