ABC News’ Trump-Harris Debate Draws 67.1 Million, Far More Than June’s Trump-Biden Event

UPDATED, 4:27 PM: The Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate on ABC News drew 67.14 million viewers across 17 networks on Tuesday.

That’s far more than the 51.3 million who tuned in to CNN’s Trump-Joe Biden debate in June.

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With David Muir and Linsey Davis moderating, ABC drew 19.05 million total viewers as the host network, far more than its rivals.

The debate’s linear TV audience still fell short of the 73.1 million who watched the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in 2020.

Tuesday’s debate drew 21.32 million viewers in the 25-54 demo.

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ABC News allowed the debate to be simulcast by other networks. NBC News drew 10.08 million viewers, followed by Fox News with 9.06 million, MSNBC with 6.38 million, CBS News with 6.19 million, Fox Broadcasting with 4.85 million and CNN with 4.39 million. Other stats: Telemundo drew 1.16 million, beating Univision. Fox Business Network drew 295,000.

In the 25-54 demo, ABC News topped with 6.6 million, followed by NBC News with 3.74 million, Fox News with 1.94 million, Fox Broadcasting with 1.90 million, CNN with 1.58 million, CBS News with 1.90 million and MSNBC with 1.24 million.

The figures are from Nielsen via ABC News and Fox News.

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The networks covered include ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Merit Street, Scripps News, Telemundo, Univision, BET, CNN, CNNe, FOX News Channel, Fox Business, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation and PBS.

Nielsen also provided a further breakdown by age: An estimated 6.47 million were age 18-34, 16.88 million were aged 35-54 and 41.35 million were 55 and above.

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The debate was watched by an estimated 57.7 million viewers across eight networks, according to Nielsen figures released by Fox News. That is higher even than the early numbers for June’s CNN-hosted event, which drew an estimated 51.3 million viewers across 16 networks.

Final figures will be available later today.

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ABC News topped all networks with an estimated 18.31 million viewers, followed by NBC News with 9.7 million, Fox News with 8.67 million, MSNBC with 6.02 million, CBS News with 5.91 million, Fox Broadcasting with 4.74 million, CNN with 4.11 million and Fox Business Network with 287,000.

The figures do not include streaming.

ABC News made the debate available for simulcast by rival networks.

Figures later in the day will feature additional networks that aired the event. An estimated 73.1 million watched the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in 2020.

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