TV Ratings story for the week of Feb. 17-23: The Democrats' Las Vegas debate won the weekly ratings
The Democratic presidential debate from Las Vegas was not only last week’s most-watched broadcast program but also placed first among cable programs, according to live-plus-same-day figures released Tuesday by Nielsen.
The combined viewership of 19.782 million was the most for a Democratic presidential debate, breaking the previous record of 18.1 million for the June 27 debate, which averaged a total of 18.1 million viewers on NBC, MSNBC and Spanish-language network Telemundo. NBC was second, averaging 4.39 million, followed by ABC, which averaged 4.16 million; and Fox, which averaged 2.98 million viewers for its 15 hours, 11 minutes of programming, its third consecutive fourth-place finish among the broadcast networks following Super Bowl LIV.“FBI,” which followed “NCIS” on CBS, was fourth for the week, averaging 9.224 million viewers.CBS also had the most-watched comedy, “Young Sheldon,” fifth for the week averaging 9.
In some markets NBC aired reruns before the debates and in other markets, including Los Angeles, after the debates.
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