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An estimated 78.58 million people watched prime-time coverage of the historic election on 14 broadcast and cable networks Tuesday night, according to final national averages from Nielsen Media Research. That’s a dramatic increase from the 59.17 million who watched Election Night on 10 networks in 2004...
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ABC’s coverage of Election Night was the most-watched of the four broadcast networks from 8 to 11 p.m. Tuesday, a position the network has not held on a presidential Election Night since 1996. According to fast national data, adjusted for time zone differences, from Nielsen Media Research. ABC averaged...
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Early ratings returns from metered markets for the broadcast networks’ election coverage Tuesday may indicate a larger audience still to be announced for cable news networks later Wednesday. Despite covering a presidential election universally acknowledged as being fraught with history, the four broadcast...
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All three broadcast networks are producing hourlong editions of their flagship newscasts on Monday, the eve of the groundbreaking, high-stakes national election. At last count on Friday, it appeared the rare second half-hour would be carried by significant numbers of local stations, even though clearance...
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ABC News’ interview with Sarah Palin, conducted by Elizabeth Vargas, will air on “Good Morning America” on Thursday and on “20/20” on Friday night. Portions of the interview, which took place today on the campaign trail in Toledo, Ohio, will air on “World News With Charles Gibson,” “Nightline,” ABC News...
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An estimated 56.5 million people watched the last of the three debates between Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama, according to Nielsen Media Research. Wednesday night’s audience is smaller than the 63.2 million who watched the Oct. 7 presidential debate but larger than the 52.4 million TV turnout...
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Wednesday night’s third and final presidential debate edged out Major League Baseball playoff action, according to Nielsen Media preliminary numbers. NBC won the night with a 3.2 rating/8 share among viewers 18-49, led by its presidential debate coverage, which averaged a 3.9 rating/9 share from 9-10...
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While preliminary data indicates that television turnout for the final of presidential campaign debate declined from the last matchup between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, NBC may have performed best among the broadcast networks airing the contest, according to fast affiliate ratings...
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The second of three presidential debates between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain on Tuesday night was watched by 63.2 million people tuning in to 11 channels--27 million more people than saw their first debate Sept. 26, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. That’s a reversal from 2004...
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The television turn-out for the vice presidential debate Thursday night between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin totaled 69.9 million viewers, according to national data from Nielsen Media Research. The lone debate between the two contenders was carried live on 11 broadcast and cable networks...
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The Biden-Palin vice-presidential debate Thursday night probably drew a bigger audience than last week’s debate between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, according to preliminary national data from Nielsen Media Research. ABC attracted and held the largest audience of the broadcast...
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By making a night of it, ABC came out a winner Friday, drawing 11.04 million viewers for the first of three presidential debates between Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican candidate John McCain. The network led all broadcast and cable outlets for the debate and the post-debate analysis...