or


[09/11/24 - 04:12 PM]
67.1 Million Viewers Tuned in for "Kamala Harris and Donald Trump - ABC News Presidential Debate"
ABC News Live on streaming and digital platforms has already totaled 7.4 million viewers, thus adding a +39% lift to the ABC linear delivery for a total combined delivery of 26.4 million viewers across linear and streaming.
[via press release from ABC]

67.1 MILLION VIEWERS TUNED IN FOR "KAMALA HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP - ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE"

With 26.4 Million Viewers To Date Across Linear and Streaming, the ABC News Presidential Debate Is ABC's Most-Viewed Non-Sports Multiplatform Program of the Year

With 19 Million Total Viewers on ABC, ABC News' Presidential Debate Is the Most-Watched Debate on Any Network in 16 Years and Ranks No. 1 Among Broadcast and Cable Across the Board

ABC News Live on Streaming and Digital Platforms, Including Hulu, Disney+ and ABC Owned Television Stations, Currently Stands at 7.4 Million Viewers in Early Reporting, Bringing ABC News Audience to More Than 26 Million Viewers

The Debate Is the Most-Viewed Live Event by Hours Streamed on Disney+ in the U.S. to Date

67.135 million Total Viewers tuned in to the "Kamala Harris and Donald Trump - ABC News Presidential Debate," outdelivering "CNN Presidential Debate" (51.266 million), based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. ABC News' performance drew 19.049 million Total Viewers, representing the most-watched debate on any network in at least 16 years. ABC ranked No. 1 among broadcast and cable across all key demos. "World News Tonight" anchor and managing editor David Muir and "World News Tonight" Sunday anchor and ABC News Live "Prime" anchor Linsey Davis served as moderators.

· ABC News' "Kamala Harris and Donald Trump - ABC News Presidential Debate" total of averages for broadcast and cable outdelivered the total of averages of the "CNN Presidential Debate" in Total Viewers (+31% 67.135 million vs. 51.266 million), Adults 25-54 (+54% - 21.322 million vs. 13.811 million) and Adults 18-49 (+53% - 54.4 million vs. 11.664 million).

· ABC News' "Kamala Harris and Donald Trump - ABC News Presidential Debate" ranked No. 1 among the broadcast and cable networks across all key demos in Total Viewers (19.049 million), Adults 25-54 (6.596 million) and Adults 18-49 (5.663 million), marking the most-watched network debate in at least 16 years - since 2008.

· ABC News Live on streaming and digital platforms - notably Hulu, Disney+ and the ABC Owned Television Stations apps - has already totaled 7.4 million viewers, thus adding a +39% lift to the ABC linear delivery for a total combined delivery of 26.4 million viewers across linear and streaming. This is the most-viewed live event by hours streamed on Disney+ in the U.S. to date. Additional streaming numbers will be available later in the week.

· With 26.4 million viewers across linear and streaming, the ABC News presidential debate is ABC's most-viewed live multiplatform event of the year with additional platforms reporting by end of week.

· ABC News' "Kamala Harris and Donald Trump - ABC News Presidential Debate" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 in each of ABC's Top 6 OTV stations.

· In combined impressions, ABC's top six OTV stations more than doubled the performances of its No. 2 competitor in Total Viewers (4,549,000; +151% vs. No. 2 Fox News) and Adults 25-54 (1,563,000; +127% vs. No. 2 NBC).

· Further, ABC's top six OTV stations outperformed the combined performance of its next two competitors in Total Viewers by 25% (vs. Fox News Channel and MSNBC) and the next three closest networks combined in Adults 25-54 by 3% (vs. NBC, CNN and Fox News Channel).

· Among the pre-debate programming, ABC's "Race for the White House" (8:00-9:00 p.m.) ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (7.587 million), leading Fox News Channel's "Fox News Democracy" by +32% (5.731 million - 8:20 - 9:00 p.m.) and NBC's "NBC News Presidential Debate Countdown" by 76% (4.322 million - 8:00-9:01 p.m.).

· Among the post-debate programming, ABC's "Post Debate Analysis" (10:45-11:04 p.m.) ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (13.622 million), outperforming Fox News Channel's "ABC Presidential Debate/Analysis" by +62% (8.412 million- 10:45 - 11:00 p.m.) and NBC's "NBC News Presidential Debate Countdown" by 89% (7.221 million - 10:40-11:00 p.m.).

The ABC News presidential debate was made available to Washington, D.C., Television News Pool members, Pool subscribers, ABC Affiliates, and many other news organizations around the world to be simulcast.

Marc Burstein is senior executive producer, and Molly Shaker is executive producer of ABC News Special Events. Seni Tienabeso is executive director of ABC News Live. Simone Swink is the executive producer of the pre- and post-debate specials.

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + Same Day Program Ratings, 09/10/24 or as dated. National ratings include Out of Home (OOH) ABCNL across O&O Digital, Hulu, Disney+, YouTube, and 3P platform subset.





  [september 2024]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)




most recent ratings | view all posts
[06/03/26 - 07:00 AM]
Fans Power UFL on ESPN to Significant Viewership Growth Across 10-Week Regular Season
ABC alone accounted for eight of the top 10 most-watched games.
[06/03/26 - 06:00 AM]
TNT Sports Caps Its Most Watched NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs with Its Most Watched Conference Final Ever
The record-setting series helped propel TNT Sports' overall coverage of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs to an average of 1.4 million viewers across TNT, TBS, truTV and HBO Max, up 50% from 2025 through the Conference Final.
[06/02/26 - 04:06 PM]
NBC and Peacock Deliver Most-Watched Conference Finals Game Since 2016 with 15.9 Million Viewers for Spurs-Thunder Game 7 on Saturday Night
Across 28 playoff games, NBC Sports' presentation of the 2026 NBA Playoffs averaged 7.2 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, up 72% versus comparable coverage last season.

[06/02/26 - 02:36 PM]
ESPN's WCWS Viewership Success Continues
Texas Tech-UCLA averaged 2.0 million viewers, with a peak of 2.6 million.
[06/02/26 - 02:13 PM]
FOX IndyCar Continues Ratings Growth with Strong Detroit Performance
Through eight races, IndyCar on FOX is averaging 2,241,000 viewers, up +12% from 2025 (2,007,000).
[06/02/26 - 02:00 PM]
FOX MLB's "Baseball Night in America" Delivers Most-Watched Baseball Telecast of the Week
2,322,000 viewers tuned-in to FOX for a two-game slate highlighted by the Cubs' 6-1 victory over the Cardinals in most of the country.
[06/02/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of May 25 - "The Boroughs" Makes Itself at Home at No. 1 in This Week's Top 10
Plus: "Nemesis" stole away with the No. 2 spot on the list, commanding 5.9 million views.
[06/01/26 - 11:04 AM]
ESPN Scored Most-Watched NCAA Women's College World Series Opening Thursday on Record
Arkansas-Nebraska averaged 1.4 million viewers, with a peak of 1.6 million.
[06/01/26 - 08:27 AM]
ESPN Scores Most-Viewed Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final Since 2015, The Latest Viewership Successes Headed Into the Stanley Cup Final
Across four games on ESPN, the series averaged 2.2 million viewers and was up 44% vs. the Western Conference Final last year (Edmonton vs. Dallas) which went five games on ESPN.

[05/29/26 - 03:02 PM]
"20/20" Is Friday's No. 1 Newsmagazine, Leading "Dateline" in Total Viewers for the 5th Consecutive Broadcast Season
"20/20" improved on the previous season in Total Viewers (+5%/+170,000 - 3.672 million vs. 3.502 million).
[05/29/26 - 03:01 PM]
ABC News Is #1 in Total Viewers Sunday Morning and in Late-Night
"Nightline" posted double-digit gains week to week in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.
[05/28/26 - 03:23 PM]
2026 NBA Eastern Conference Finals Presented by Dunkin' Finishes Strong with Average Audience of 7.4 Million Viewers Across ESPN and ABC
Additionally, Game 4 on ESPN averaged 7.2 million viewers, marking the most-viewed Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 across any network since 2018.
[05/28/26 - 11:00 AM]
CBS Outpaces Competitors with Eight of the Top 25 Series Across All Streaming and Broadcast Originals in Nielsen's All-Series Ranker
CBS has the most top 25 series of any streaming or broadcast competitor and twice as many as its closest broadcast competitor, including six series with 10+ million viewers.
[05/28/26 - 10:31 AM]
FOX Delivers Most-Watched UFL Game Since League Started in 2024
1,593,000 viewers watched as Louisville defeated Dallas 37-23 on Sunday.
[05/28/26 - 10:26 AM]
FOX Scores with 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500
6,635,000 viewers watched Felix Rosenqvist edge David Malukas by 0.0233 seconds with a last-lap pass to win the Indy 500 Sunday on FOX.