Maybe it’s the production values.
Democratic debate on CNN sees steep ratings drop
By MICHAEL CALDERONE, Politico
07/31/2019
The first night of CNN’s Democratic debate in Detroit drew 8.7 million television viewers, a steep drop from last month’s event hosted by NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo.
The June event brought in 15.3 million viewers across the three networks on night one, with 18.1 million tuning in for the second night, a Democratic primary record.
Digital viewership was also down for Tuesday night, with CNN announcing that 2.8 million watched via livestream. NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo said they drew more than 9 million livestream viewers on the first debate night in June.
The TV networks that sponsored last month’s Democratic debate had the advantage of being first, when viewers would surely be curious to see the sprawling field onstage, and also of airing across broadcast, cable and Spanish-language television. Viewership can also be expected to decrease in the middle of the summer, with the final two days in July a tough slot to draw eyeballs.
Still, it’s a significant decrease and follows the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Tom Perez, touting ratings last month as evidence of enthusiasm in the party. “People understand that democracy is not a spectator sport,” he told POLITICO in Miami.
CNN’s moderators on Tuesday tried to avoid some of the onstage interruptions and cross-talk of last month’s debate by rigidly enforcing time limits, a strategy that kept down the chatter but also drew criticism for abruptly cutting off the candidates.
I recently visited over seas.
Laugh all you like, I crossed bodies of water big enough to display Earth curvature by boat and the large amount I swallowed was distinctly salty. I keenly felt the boot heel of oppression when CBP, after looking at my Passport said “Smile for me. You were smiling in the picture.”
That is so funny. Mind you I’m pretty sure I’ll get away with my nefarious deeds like smuggling firewood because I look like every other White ‘Murikan in a Bucket Cap, Driving Aviators, Flamingo Shirt, and Shorts.
Yes, exactly like Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke, Doctor of Journalism.
Anyway the worst part of the trip was that CNN was the only consistent source of U.S. News and everyone watched it and thought it was normal (yes, this was even worse than Tim Hortons).
Folks, MSNBC is bad, CNN might as well be Faux Noise. It’s awful, and not in the good way like Niagra Falls.
Still you might want to tune in to see if they shove a stick up Joe Carson’s butt like a repeat of Heston’s El Cid, they’ll certainly try.
Harris needs do nothing, Booker needs to score or he’s done (good riddance to a corporatist). It won’t be a useless waste of time, entirely, but you might want to sign up to the CBS free streaming trial and binge Star Trek and The Good Fight.