Initial Viewership of 1st Debate - Need Some Help Here

[piechartking]

Can anyone tell me how many people this translates to?

"Debate overnight: 46.2/63 across four broadcast and three cable news networks.

Up 17% over first Obama-Romney debate on same networks"

I'll post a link if I find it.

[ochem]

1. low 80 million

not bad

[beachbum bob]

2. all I can tell you...it was a big audience and they don't include those who stream it

[book_worm]

3. The last Superbowl got a 46.6/72 rating according to this site

so it's immense if that is correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_TV_ratings

[a kennedy]

4. Wonder how many will watch the 2nd and 3rd debates????

my husband said the this morning, well, that's enough debating for me. He sure isn't going to watch again.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Historically, debates receive smaller audiences with each additional one...

Which is why I was so frustrated with Obama's performance in the first one. He was awful and I knew, even with two strong debates, he'd still be dinged by that one debate.

In 2012, the first debate drew 67 million in the first, 65.6 million in the second and 'only' 59 million in the third.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/23/entertainment/la-et-st-obama-romney-third-debates-ratings-20121023

I expect something similar this go around.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. From Wikipedia...

Share is the percentage of television sets in use that are tuned to the program. For example, Nielsen may report a show as receiving a 9.2/15 during its broadcast; this would mean that out of all television-equipped households, 9.2% were tuned in to that program, and out of all television-equipped households with a television currently in use, 15% were tuned in to that program.

If it's the same, 46.2/63 means...
46.2% were tuned in to the debate out of all television-equipped households.
63% were tuned in to the debate out of all television-equipped households with a television currently in use.

The first number might include the percentage of people who recorded the debate among everyone who didn't have their TV "currently in use"? I'm not sure if that's what it means, however.