The TV ratings for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump’s first presidential debate plummeted from where they were four years ago when the two men faced off in September 2020.
Numbers from Nielsen show that a total of 51.27 million people tuned in on Thursday to watch the CNN-hosted Presidential Debate on TV, which was broadcast over 17 networks including CNN, Telemundo, Univision, BET, as well as Fox News Channel, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and PBS, Variety reported.
In the key demographic of ages 25-54, an average of 12.6 million viewers tuned in to see Biden and Trump debate, the outlet noted.
CNN is touting the debate as giving the network its largest audience on record for its new CNN on Max streaming service, but did not release the numbers.
“Across CNN’s digital platforms, the debate was CNN’s biggest debate ever and tied with our biggest live stream…
