55 Million Viewers Watch Final Trump-Biden Presidential Debate

55 million viewers watched the final presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden Thursday night, according to overnight ratings data compiled by Nielsen. Fox News Channel had the largest viewership, with a total average audience of 14.7 million viewers.

ABC was second, with 10.8 million viewers, followed by NBC Broadcast (10.2 million viewers), CNN (7.2 million viewers), MSNBC (6.7 million viewers), and CBS
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(5.5 million viewers).

Viewership remained high for the network’s post-debate analysis, which reached a combined audience of 40.7 million viewers, with Fox News again have the largest single audience of any of the networks—10.8 million viewers. ABC was second with 7.1 million viewers, followed by MSNBC (6.4 million viewers), NBC Broadcast (6.3 million viewers), CNN (6.1 million viewers), and CBS (4.0 million viewers).

Among viewers 25-54, the demographic group most valued by advertisers, Fox News had the largest audience for the debate, with 4.2 million viewers, followed by NBC Broadcast (3.9 million viewers), ABC (3.846 million viewers), CNN (2.848 million viewers), CBS (1.95 million viewers), and MSNBC (1.5 million viewers).