Highly anticipated face-off between Trump and Harris draws over 67M viewers

ABC News’ broadcast of Tuesday’s presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump reeled in more than 67 million viewers, according to ratings data from Nielsen, Report informs referring to the New York Post.

The highly-anticipated faceoff — which saw 67.1 million viewers across 17 networks including ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, Fox and CNN — surpassed the eyeballs drawn by President Biden’s debate against Trump in June, which garnered 51.3 million.

ABC News, which hosted Tuesday’s debate drew 19 million viewers, followed by Fox-owned channels Fox, Fox News and Fox Business, with a total of 14.2 million total viewers. NBC drew 10.1 million, while CBS reeled in 6.2 million. MSNBC and CNN attracted 6.4 million and 4.4 million, respectively.

Prospective voters were eager to see how Harris would stack up to Trump, following President Biden’s disastrous performance, which was the catalyst for the 46th President’s decision to not run for a second term and turn the reins over to his VP.

Despite the Harris-Trump debate’s strong viewership, it fell short of the 73.1 million that watched Biden and Trump’s first presidential debate, which was moderated by Fox News’ Chris Wallace, four years ago.