Biden-Trump Debate Watched by Nearly 48 Million Viewers, CNN Says Highest-Rated Program in Its History

Joe Biden and his presidential campaign continued to try to assuage fretful donors following the president’s dismal performance at the debate on Thursday.

Lady Gaga is one of the biggest stars on the planet, and she’s released plenty of incredible studio albums across her decade-plus long career.

Former President Donald Trump, in his first rally since the presidential debate on Thursday, continued to go after Joe Biden as a bit of a master political manipulator even as much of the post-event focus has been on the president’s feeble performance.

Tatiana Siegel It was meant to be a night to assuage Hollywood’s donor class’ concerns about President Joe Biden’s fitness. But it quickly turned into a nightmare for some of the industry’s biggest Democratic backers.

EXCLUSIVE: “I hope the folks at Sundance have the clarity of perspective to recognize that it would be in their best interest to bring the festival to Georgia,” Sen. Raphael Warnock says of the Peach State’s unique triple bids for the Robert Redford-founded film festival to move to Hollywood South starting in 2027.

CNN said that 47.9 million watched the presidential debate across TV platforms on Thursday night, according to Nielsen Fast National data.

What in the hell did we just watch?!

Must protect our peace!

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but Donald Trump didn’t just give a better performance than Joe Biden during the first 2024 presidential debate. In terms of authority and confidence, quickness and poise, articulation and verve, Trump left Biden in the dust. Relative to his previous debate performances, Trump even came off as (God help us) presidential.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The media tried to keep the current President and the former one on a short leash Thursday evening, but failed in many ways to keep them in check. In a unorthodox presidential debate that focused more on optics than substance, a visibly shaky President Joe Biden clashed with a manipulative Donald Trump, who kept his temper but used the time allotted him by CNN to largely avoid moderators’ questions and instead spew a host of inaccuracies. leaving his opponent ill-matched to combat him on screen.

“This cannot be real life. It just can’t,” said an animated and live Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.

If there was any winner in tonight’s first presidential debate, it was CNN. If there was a loser, it was absolutely Joe Biden.

UPDATE: As the debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump neared the 90 minute mark, their sparring turned to their golf handicaps.

CNN is preparing for the first 2024 Presidential Debate.

Donald Trump will be facing off against Joe Biden in the first presidential debate of the year, but his wife Melania Trump will not be by his side.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have each arrived in Atlanta for this evening’s CNN debate, an event that many predicted would unravel when it was first announced last month.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Indie sports media brand Jomboy Media has partnered with regional sports network Bally Sports to air its “Warehouse Games” franchise, which includes ball in play, floorball, blitzball and slapball. Deal reps the first time the games have hit a mainstream linear platform.

The White House Correspondents’ Association is urging CNN to allow at least one print pool reporter inside the studio for the duration of tonight’s presidential debate, after the network rejected previous requests.

The 2024 presidential election is happening tonight (Thursday, June 27) across most major networks!

When asked recently what he thought should be the first question at CNN’s Joe Biden–Donald Trump presidential debate on Thursday, ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos had a succinct answer: “Who won the last election?”