TV Ratings: Biden Leads Town Hall Duel With Trump in Early Numbers

Saturday Night Live is tackling the dueling town halls between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

once again mined the endless mill of comedy that comes from a presidential election season for this week's «cold open.» The show mocked Joe Biden and Donald Trump's simultaneous town hall appearances that were held on NBC and ABC on Thursday.Jim Carrey returned to play Biden at a town hall moderated by George Stephanopoulos (played by Mikey Day), who described the vibe they were going for as, «Poorly attended college lecture.»The sketch switched back and forth between Biden's town hall and

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.

baseless conspiracy theories about his son Hunter.“On NBC, Joe Biden skated by without answering any questions of substance about his son or antifa or BLM,” Tucker said during the opening segment of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Friday. “The moderator over on NBC pushed Donald Trump to condemn Qanon and white supremacy, the most important issues in this nation! And he did it, but it wasn’t enough.

Joe Biden's Thursday night town hall came out ahead of Donald Trump's in the ratings battle. Despite NBC's controversial decision to schedule a town hall with Trump opposite Biden's previously scheduled town hall on ABC, the former vice president still managed to bring in more viewers than the former host of The Apprentice.Viewership numbers, released Friday, show that Biden's town hall drew an average of 14.1 million viewers on ABC, according to Variety.

Jimmy Kimmel joined the chorus of Hollywood entertainers calling out NBC and its decision to air a “dueling” town hall for Trump directly against Joe Biden’s previously scheduled ABC event. With many of his fellow hosts on break, including NBC’s Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, the face of ABC late night took solo shots at the Peacock network during his opening monologue Thursday.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump had town halls at the exact same time on Thursday (October 15) (despite petitions and protests from Hollywood stars to stagger the time slots), and Biden easily won in the ratings department.

Jennifer Lopez and Joe Biden are trying to get out the vote.

Joe Biden's Thursday night town hall is currently leading Donald Trump's in the ratings battle.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAfter all the concerns about threats to democracy in the pursuit of ratings, Thursday’s dueling town halls between Donald Trump on NBC and Joe Biden on ABC ended up being a very good night for Savannah Guthrie, a very very good night for the Atlanta Braves and an excellent night for the former Vice-President.Sitting down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and voters at Philadelphia’s Constitution Hall on what should have been the night of the

During President Donald Trump's town hall on Thursday, current and former showrunners, producers and stars — including a handful of current and former NBC talent — who signed aletter of protest against the event continued to criticize the network for its decision and how the event played out. More than 100 top figures in the industry had criticized the network on Wednesday for choosing to air the town hall during the same day and time as ABC'stown hall with former vice president Joe Biden.

President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will participate in separate town hall events Thursday, hosted by NBC and ABC, respectively, and airing in the competing time slot of 5 p.m. PT.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson Donald Trump may have been twirling like a rabid squirrel over on NBC, but on the unique night in America’s challenged democracy, Joe Biden’s town hall on ABC was a display of a candidate in control of himself, the facts, the Constitution, and plans for the future.In a summation of the night, Biden was asked right at the end by moderator George Stephanopoulos about the coronavirus infected Trump not giving a straightforward answer on NBC to whether he took a COVID-19

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterNBC went ahead with a town hall with President Trump on Thursday night, brushing aside criticism that the event coincided with a similar event with Joe Biden on rival ABC.Trump said he did not remember when he last tested negative for COVID-19, ducking a question from “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie.

Zing! Conan O'Brien on Thursday had a striking (and personal) takedown of NBC, which is under heavy criticism for scheduling a town hall event with President Donald Trump during an ABC town hall with former Vice President Joe Biden. "I can’t remember the last time I was this shocked by an NBC programming decision,"O'Brien quipped Thursday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPresident Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will no doubt make news when they take part in dueling town halls this evening on NBC and ABC. But the networks broadcasting their events may be looking less at headlines the two politicians will generate and more at the money they will draw.NBC and ABC hope to take in hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising revenue from their 8 p.m.

NBC is not backing down.

Jordan Moreau More than 100 Hollywood actors, directors, producers and showrunners have sent a petition to NBCUniversal and Comcast executives protesting the timing of President Donald Trump’s town hall on Thursday night, which airs at the same time as Joe Biden’s event.The lengthy list of signees includes Ava DuVernay, J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Aaron Sorkin and many more who have worked with NBCUniversal at some point.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPresident Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden will face off (sort of) tonight in dueling town halls live in primetime, simultaneously on broadcast networks NBC and ABC, respectively.Both events were scheduled on the night of the town hall-style second presidential debate, which was canceled after Trump would not agree to a virtual event following his COVID-19 diagnosis.The Trump event will air at 8 p.m.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVMore than 100 writers, actors, directors and producers are speaking out against NBC’s plan to air a town hall with President Donald Trump tonight at 8 PM directly opposite the Joe Biden town hall on ABC.In an open letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and NBCU News Group chairman Cesar Conde, the Hollywood heavyweights are asking for the Trump town hall to be shifted from the time slot.