1st debate TV ratings

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Nielsen's press release is out.  84,011,000 viewers watched the debate on TV, including PBS.

Nearly 100m people saw Trump's disastrous performance, great!

84 million << 100 million.  The media expectations of 100 million TV viewers were wildly exaggerated.

I think if you included streamers and people dvr-ing and watching it later, you'll hit 95-100 million, just not 100 million live TV watcher.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Nielsen's press release is out.  84,011,000 viewers watched the debate on TV, including PBS.

Nearly 100m people saw Trump's disastrous performance, great!

84 million << 100 million.  The media expectations of 100 million TV viewers were wildly exaggerated.

I think if you included streamers and people dvr-ing and watching it later, you'll hit 95-100 million, just not 100 million live TV watcher.

I doubt it.  YouTube only had 2.5 million live streamers, which covered many of the network broadcasts.  And very few people dvr live TV like political debates.  Maybe you reach 90 million after streaming and dvring.  I doubt you'll reach 100 million.  While Nielsen does measure dvr-delayed TV watching, it doesn't measure streaming.

Plus, the media was expecting 100 million TV viewers, not including streaming, anyway.  The debate ratings didn't come close.

K, and your point?

It's still the most watched debate in over twenty years ...