NEW YORK - September 11, 2024 - The ABC News Presidential Debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump drew an estimated audience of 67.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
The ABC News debate was the first debate between the two participating candidates and second of this election cycle. Including ABC, the debate aired live on 17 television networks reported by Nielsen, from approximately 9:00 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday evening, September 10. A full list of reported networks can be referenced at the bottom of the viewership table.
ABC News Presidential Debate: Kamala Harris & Donald Trump Viewership Across Networks | September 10, 2024
Live plus same day, U.S. audience estimates
Viewing Audience Rating
Persons 2+ 67,135,000 21.2
Households 45,571,000 36.2
Persons 18-34 6,470,000 9.0
Persons 35-54 16,880,000 20.6
Persons 55+ 41,349,000 41.0
Source: Nielsen. NNTV, Live+Same-Day.
Data in this table is inclusive of broadcast and cable networks that aired the event.
Reported networks include: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Merit Street, Scripps News, Telemundo, Univision, BET, CNN, CNNe, FOX News Channel, FOX Business, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation, PBS.
Audience estimates are inclusive of out-of-home viewing for all reported networks except Merit Street, Newsmax, NewsNation, PBS and Scripps News which do not include out-of-home contributions.
Audience projections are rounded to the nearest thousand (000).
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