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Last night's Republican presidential debate was CNN's highest-rated program ever with ~20 million viewers
Last night's Republican presidential debate was CNN's highest-rated program ever with ~20 million viewers
Jethro NededogSep 17, 2015, 21:34 IST
Republican U.S. presidential candidate businessman Donald Trump reacts during the second official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi ValleyThomson Reuters
Thursday's Republican presidential debate will go down as CNN's highest-rated program ever.
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According to early numbers, the GOP debate scored a 4.7 household rating. That amounts to nearly 20 million viewers for the 3-hour event, according to TheWrap.
Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina speaks during the second official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi ValleyThomson Reuters
The official numbers will be reported on Thursday afternoon. Previously, CNN's all-time high was the 8 million viewers who watched Barack Obama debate Hillary Clinton in '08.
CNN's three hour debate had created much buzz before it aired, because Republican candidate Donald Trump dared the news network to donate its proceeds to charity. CNN didn't respond to Trump's request.
