About 6.171 million people watched December's Democratic debate hosted by CNN, Politico and PBS NewsHour on Thursday, according to Nielsen data cited by CNN on Friday.
The big picture: That makes Thursday's debate the least-watched of this election cycle, The Hollywood Reporter notes. The second night of the first debate, hosted by NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo in June, was the most-watched Democratic primary debate of all time, with 18.1 million people tuning in.
- CNN's simulcast of this week's debate garnered 4.088 million viewers, while PBS drew in 2.062 million. Another 20,000 watched on CNN en Español.
- CNN topped primetime coverage among its competitors, Fox News and MSNBC, the network said in its news release.
By the numbers: 16 million people tuned in to watch the House vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump one day before the debate.
- About 19.5 million people tuned in live to James Comey's testimony in June 2017.
- Nearly 20 million people watched the Brett Kavanaugh hearing in Sept. 2018.
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