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CBS NEWS’ DEMOCRATIC DEBATE, THE FIRST ON A BROADCAST NETWORK THIS CAMPAIGN SEASON, DELIVERS 8.55 MILLION VIEWERS
The CBS News Debate Was Saturday’s #1 Primetime Broadcast in Viewers
CBSN Draws Record 1.2 Million Streams for Debate and 2.4 Million Streams for Day
CBS News’ Democratic Debate, the first on a broadcast network this campaign season, delivered 8.55 million viewers, according to Nielsen time adjusted live plus same day fast national ratings for Nov. 14, 2015. The CBS News debate was Saturday’s #1 primetime broadcast in viewers.
CBSNset viewership records for its debate coverage, drawing 1.2 million streams across Connected TV devices, mobile and online platforms. CBSN also set full-day viewership records with 2.4 million total streams on Saturday.
The debate was broadcast live from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, last night on the CBS Television Network and across all CBS News platforms. John Dickerson, who was critically praised as the principal moderator, was joined by CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes, KCCI anchor Kevin Cooney and the Des Moines Register’s political columnist Kathie Obradovich in questioning the candidates: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley.
CBS News also partnered with Twitter to provide viewers with an enhanced experience that extended across the Network’s broadcast coverage and on CBSN. Twitter provided CBS News with real-time data and insights, as well as live reaction and questions from voters across the country, some of which were incorporated into the debate.
CBS News will broadcast a Republican debate from Greenville, S.C. on Feb. 13, 2016.
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