Across the six major networks that aired last night’s presidential debate, viewership was down sharply from the more than 83 million viewers who tuned in 27 September to watch the first televised face-off between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. The total across the three major cable and three broadcast networks showing the 90-minute debate came to more than 60 million, while millions more watched on streaming services including Hulu and YouTube. Presidential debate breaks US ratings record in Clinton-Trump face-off Read morePart of the reason for the falloff was certainly because NBC broadcast an NFL game instead of the debate. ABC came in second with 11.5 million, followed by CNN with 11.3 million, Fox News (9.9 million), Fox broadcast (5.6 million) and MSNBC (5.5 million). In turn, some viewers may have found the initial debate too distasteful to make time for a second outing.

Source: The Guardian October 10, 2016 18:35 UTC