Second Presidential debate delivered massive ratings ~ Mediabistro

[mzmolly]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

The second Presidential debate between Pres. Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney delivered massive ratings last night.

As it did for the first two debates, Fox News led the way among the cable news channels garnering 11.1 million viewers, on par with its most-watched telecast ever, the Sarah Palin-Joe Biden debate in 2008. CNN’s Candy Crowley was the moderator of the debate, but it did not appear to give a significant ratings boost to the channel. It was the only cabler to lose viewers compared to the first Presidential debate, and was down significantly from the second Presidential debate in 2008. MSNBC was third in cable news, but was able to improve its viewership compared to both 2008 and the first debate two weeks ago.

Among the broadcasters, preliminarily ABC and NBC are up compared to the first debate, with CBS down. The numbers will adjust when finals are released.

Sadly less people tuned into MSNBC, - more tuned into Fox and CNN. But, good news overall.

[Dawson Leery]

1. Right wing morons got to see Romney lose.

[Fla Dem]

2. I have to admit about half way through I switched to CNN. I really like their focus group meter.n/t

[OhZone]

3. Uh-huh!

"Sadly less people tuned into MSNBC"

Maybe because they disappointed their fans with their pro-horserace bullshit.

Oh well.

[mzmolly]

10. I'm sure that's

it. I don't watch MSNBC to see the President get beat up on, that's for sure.

[Politicalboi]

4. Guess people didn't want to see

Tweety and Ed cry like last time.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. That is why I switched. Got tired of Tweety yelling at me. Ended up at cspan.

[Blue Idaho]

7. Ditto

M$NBC made a real dog's dinner out of the last debate - so I switched for this debate.

[mzmolly]

9. I bet you're right. Though neither cried

last night.

[Whisp]

6. I think a lot of folks, like me, are pissed off at how Tweety and Ed and others acted after the last

pres debate where they started shitting their pants and calling Obama disrespectful names.

fuck 'em. Hope their ratings hit the bottom of tweety's paper lining in his cage.

[Lex]

14. Yes that was embarrassing. nt

[OldDem2012]

17. +1000. nt.

[Cha]

19. It'd be great, Whisp, if msnbc got the message. nm

[cthulu2016]

8. Important and excellent news

[Bandit]

11. I liked Current and switched between MSNBC and Current

Everytime Mathews came on I switched and then when a commercial came on I switched back. I am finding I watch more Current Political shows than anywhere else now.. MSNBC is now coming in second for me..

[mzmolly]

12. Current

is a good option. I tuned in a bit last night as well.

[Mr Dixon]

13. IMO

Current is far better

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

15. I think MSNBC really hurt themselves after Debate #1. I didn't even watch.

[truebrit71]

16. Funny I switched to MSNBC precisely because of all of the rightwing cock-gobbling going on..

..at CNN after the last one...

I'll take Rachel, Chris and the Rev (and yes, even the bald republican prick) over ANY other network every single day, and twice on Sundays...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

21. I know, but there hasn't been that much difference in tone. I can't watch any of it.

I'll take Rev. Al and Larry O. The others...not so much.

In fact, I don't watch any of the major cable outlets much anymore. C-SPAN is where it's at!

[Indykatie]

18. This is Great News, Some Expected Much Fewer Viewers to Tune In

[Cha]

20. Thanks for this report, mzmolly..

So cnn got less viewers than last time and msnbc got more this time but not as much as cnn.

Am I just missing the total of Viewers for the debate...that's what I was curious about. Thanks!

[mzmolly]

22. I too wondered what the totals were.

I guess it was nearly identical to the total in the first debate. About 67 million.

[Cha]

23. I just got back and in the mean time I

found this out..

Source: TPM

65.6 Million Watched Second Debate, Slightly Less Than First

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