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October 12, 2004
Debates | Audience Declines for Second Debate

The AP reports the ratings for the three debates thus far, with the slide in the numbers for the second debate showing the effects of a Friday night debate, the Yankees-Twins game and the declining excitement level of multiple debates:

An estimated 46.7 million viewers watched last Friday’s contest . . . compared to the 62.5 million who viewed the Sept. 30 debate.

By comparison, the second debate in 2000 between Bush and former Vice President Al Gore drew 37.6 million viewers.

NBC, with 12.3 million viewers, was the most-watched network, followed by ABC with an audience of 10.3 million, CBS with 8.1 million and Fox with 3.8 million.

Fox News Channel led among cable channels with 7.1 million viewers, while CNN had 3.4 million and MSNBC had 1.7 million. . . .

The sole debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards drew 43.6 million viewers.

(Emphasis added). The 43.6 million figure compares favorably to 29.1 million viewers for the Cheney-Lieberman debate.



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