Friday, January 12, 2024

Trump Trounces GOP Debate

Fox News’s live town hall event with Donald Trump on Wednesday night nabbed 4.3 million average viewers, according to The Wrap citing early data from Nielsen Media Research. 

The one-hour program which aired from 9-10 p.m. ET, competing directly with CNN’s Republican presidential debate, drew 553,000 average viewers in the key 25-54 demographic.

The town hall was moderated by Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. The live event was the most-watched program on linear TV on Wednesday night. 

The program competed directly with the first hour of CNN’s Republican debate with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, moderated by CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. 

CNN’s debate drew an average of 2.58 million viewers for the first hour of the debate and 479,000 viewers in the 25-54 demographic. However, the network’s debate grew its audience in the demo hour-to-hour. 

For the whole debate program, which lasted two hours, CNN scored 2.53 million total viewers and 509,000 viewers in the 25-54 demographic. 

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