December primary debate had fewest viewers this election cycle

Published December 20, 2019 10:20pm ET



The Democratic primary debate on Thursday drew the fewest viewers of any of the debate in the 2020 election cycle so far.

The debate, hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico and broadcast on CNN, had an average of 6.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen Fast National data. CNN averaged slightly more than 4 million viewers, with PBS accounting a bit more than 2 million.

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