Debate leaves liberal CNN with lowly viewership

The station that "tells us what we need to know" got hosed last night. While the debate drew about 20 million viewers and FOX drew a number over 3.1 million during the 8-10 slot, CNN had an audience of of 569,000 for the two hour period. It wasn't pretty for them.

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CNN’s viewership was especially low among the key demographic of adults age 25-54, averaging only 149,000 during the debate while FNC averaged 551,000. CNN’s demo turnout was smaller than the primetime averages of 31 different cable networks during the month of January.

CNN got crushed -- not just during the debate, but during all of primetime Wednesday night. The beleaguered network averaged only 772,000 viewers from 8-11 p.m. ET, while Fox News averaged 3.3 million during the same time period.

Despite the low output, CNN actually had less primetime viewers on two other evenings this year when it averaged only 762,000 on Valentine’s Day and only 730,000 on Jan. 13, the night of the College Football Playoff National Championship.

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