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| Subject: | 51.4 million people watched the debate |
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| Date: | Fri, 12-Oct-2012 2:34:58 PM PDT |
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| In reply to: | Mid October politics talk posted by LM |
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Nielsen: 51.4 million watched VP debate
Roughly 51.4 million people watched last night's vice presidential debate across 12 networks, according to Nielsen.
The turnout was significantly smaller than the 69.9 million viewers who watched the 2008 vice presidential debate between Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin, but otherwise the highest-viewed V.P. debate since the George H.W. Bush-Geraldine Ferarro debate in 1984, which had 56.7 million viewers.
Janet Brown, the executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, told POLITICO yesterday that viewership for the 2008 Biden-Palin debate was an abberation, likely due to the excitement surrounding the 2008 election and Gov. Palin in particular.
Nielsen's numbers are based on total viewership for ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, CNBC, CNN, Current TV, FOX News and MSNBC between 9:00 and 10:30 p.m. ET, and for Telemundo and Univision's delayed broadcasts. The number does not include online viewership.
67.2 million watched last week's first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney.
- I watched it over the Steelers. My team.....sigh. EOM - LuvMyGermanShepherds - 12-Oct-2012 4:19 PM
