First Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders Debate Scores 10.8 Million Viewers

variety.com:

With the coronavirus looming large, the first debate Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders drew around 10.8 million total viewers across CNN and Univision.

That represents a 4.5 million viewer drop from the last debate which took place on Feb, 26 and was broadcast on CBS. It also puts it pretty far off the second NBC-MSNBC debate which scored 19.7 million viewers, a record total for a Democratic debate.

An additional 3.9 million viewers tuned in via live streams on CNN’s digital platform. None of the Democratic debates thus far in this cycle have come near to the 24 million viewership figure posted by Donald Trump’s first debate on Fox News in August of 2015.