ratings down for last night's debate

[BainsBane]

At 63 Million Viewers, Final Debate Is Trump’s Least Watched
About 10 million fewer Americans watched Thursday’s Biden-Trump debate than the candidates’ first, more chaotic matchup in Cleveland last month

The final meeting on Thursday between Mr. Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joseph R. Biden Jr., had the smallest audience of the five general-election debates that Mr. Trump has participated in. Roughly 63 million people tuned in live, a drop of about 10.1 million from the candidates’ opening debate last month. . .

The ratings drop on Thursday could stem from many causes: viewer backlash to the raucous first Biden-Trump debate, competition from an N.F.L. game, or attrition from a marathon-length presidential race nearing the finish line. (The first debate of the Democratic primary took place in June 2019.)

Still, Mr. Trump is coming off another somewhat ominous ratings milestone: his unexpected Nielsen defeat last week to Mr. Biden in a battle of dueling network town-hall-style events. Mr. Trump lost in the ratings although his event was shown on NBC, CNBC and MSNBC, while Mr. Biden’s appeared only on the ABC network.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/business/media/trump-biden-debate-ratings.html

[VMA131Marine]

1. I watched the Eagles - Giants game

#FlyEaglesFly

[BainsBane]

3. Hopefully the debate won't change people's minds

since relatively fewer watched. I've deliberately ignored the TV news today, so I don't know what they are doing with it. They are probably pumping up Trump.

[msongs]

2. joe is 3 - 0. if he was a world series pitcher he'd be MVP nt

[Arkansas Granny]

4. I know a few people who said they weren't going to watch because they

expected a rerun of the first debate. They are Biden supporters and couldn't stomach the thought of watching another Trump tantrum.

[BainsBane]

5. I felt that way

but I did manage to make it through the debate, unlike the first one. Still, I didn't enjoy it because I find watching Trump intolerable.