Ratings for Biden and Trump's First Presidential Debate Pale in Comparison to 2016

The next Presidential Debate will have brand new rules attached to it, including one which will have muted microphones.

Ted Johnson The opener of Saturday Night Live was a skewering of the competing town halls between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.It was an easy target: There was an outcry earlier this week when NBC scheduled a town hall with Trump against one already planned on ABC with Biden. But Savannah Guthrie, moderating the NBC News event, earned widespread praise for pressing Trump with questions and followups.Kate McKinnon, playing Guthrie, opened by saying, “Good evening America.

Joe Biden scored something of an upset over President Donald Trump.In their dueling town halls, the Democratic presidential candidate reached more viewers on ABC than Trump did for NBC News Thursday night.The Biden town hall reached 14.1 million people on ABC between 8 and 9 p.m. and Trump had 13.5 million combined on NBC, CNBC and MSNBC, the Nielsen company said.It had been expected that Trump would reach more people simply because it was being seen on three networks.

Tonight was to have been the second of three presidential debates between incumbent Donald Trump and challenger Biden. When Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19, the debate commission changed the format to a virtual debate.

ABC News is taking advantage of the chaos surrounding the second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The network says that Biden has agreed to participate in a town hall Oct.

Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are currently on stage at the 2020 Vice Presidential Debate with a shield of plexiglass in between them.

Dominic Patten, Dino-Ray Ramos Joe Biden’s taken on a lot of opponents over the years but the NFL and COVID-19 threw out the David vs.

The world's media reacted with a mixture of disgust, embarrassment and sorrow to Tuesday night's first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The stop-start debate between a belligerent and bullying Trump and a harried Biden was increasingly marked by fractious back and forths, with the president repeatedly interrupting the former vice president and having to be chided by moderator Chris Wallace.

Ted Johnson UPDATE: An estimated 73.1 million people watched the first presidential debate, a huge audience but still short of the blockbuster audience for the initial matchup four years ago.The numbers are from Nielsen and include 16 networks.In 2016, the first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton drew 84 million.The total viewers for the debate may not have matched the last cycle, but they were still impressive.

The ratings are in.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticThere was a Hell of a lot of brimstone and fire from Donald Trump last night in the first Presidential debate with Joe Biden and America is feeling scorched this morningAlmost from the start, Fox News’ Chris Wallace went from playing moderator to nursery school teacher trying to reign in the asinine former Celebrity Apprentice, who seemed more intent adapting a Tasmanian devil strategy than talking policy – AKA classic Trump.Still the near universal

Hollywood took little time to react to the chaotic first presidential debate on Tuesday night, with many expressing shock, disgust and even a little gallows humor over what happened. The fractious stop-start debate between President Donald Trump and the former Vice President Joe Biden was increasingly marked by fractious back and forths, with Trump repeatedly interrupting Biden and having to be chided by moderator Chris Wallace.

CNN's chief political correspondent Dana Bash described the chaotic first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden as a "s*** show" live on air during the network's postmortem of the event. The Lead host Jake Tapper opened his post-debate show with the lament that the debate"was a hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck." He continued, "That was the worst debate I have ever seen, in fact it wasn't even a debate.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden had their first of three presidential debates on Tuesday night and it was must-see TV for any hot-blooded American citizen ahead of the November general election!

The first 2020 presidential debate between Joe Biden and President Trump featured COVID-19 safety measures like a socially-distanced audience and no handshakes, reflecting how 2020's political live events have changed and will continue to evolve amid the ongoing pandemic.

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden squared off Tuesday night in their crucial first debate of the 2020 campaign, the most pivotal opportunity yet for them to outline starkly different visions for a country facing multiple crises. It began with a contentious exchange over the Supreme Court with Trump defending his nomination of a new justice barely a month before the election.

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The first presidential debate between President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden will take place on Tuesday night, moderated byChris Wallace, anchor of Fox News Sunday. The pandemic-era debate, heldatCase Western Reserve University in Cleveland, airs at 6 p.m.

Ellise Shafer editorThe first debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden took place on Tuesday night, and it’s safe to say that things got heated.Moderated by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, the 90-minute debate featured Trump refusing to condemn white supremacists, Biden telling Trump to “shut up, man,” and plenty of interruptions from both sides.

first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Certainly, it offered less twists and turns than but far more real-world stakes than, say,, and there was plenty to tweet upon.Broadcasting live from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and moderated by host Chris Wallace, the debate's itinerary saw the Biden and Trump going head-to-head on their respective records, the Supreme Court, COVID-19, the economy, race and violence in U.S.