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To: Suma who wrote (12804)	10/3/2004 1:43:13 PM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Debate Draws 62.5 Million Viewers,Biggest TV Audience Since 1992 By WENDY POLLACK THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE NEW YORK -- Thursday evening's debate between George Bush and John Kerry was seen by 62.5 million viewers in the U.S., nearly 16 million more than the number who watched the first presidential debate between Al Gore and George Bush four years ago, according to Nielsen Media Research. The audience for the debate was the biggest since 1992, when more than 60 million viewers tuned in for all three debates among then-President George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and third-party candidate Ross Perot. Presidential debates typically drew large viewing audiences until 1996, when President Clinton was running for re-election against Bob Dole. The highest-rated presidential debates ever also were the first to be televised -- the 1960 match-ups between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, when as much as 60% of television households tuned in. In recent years, the debate that drew the biggest audience was the single encounter between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter in 1980, which drew more than 80 million viewers. Thursday night's debate between Messrs. Bush and Kerry, which ran from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET, was aired on the major broadcast and cable news networks -- ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC. Most PBS stations also carried the debate, and the public broadcasting network estimated its debate audience at 6.7 million people. Two more presidential debates are scheduled, on Oct. 8 and Oct. 13, as well as a vice-presidential encounter on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Unlike Thursday's encounter, all three subsequent debates will be competing with Major League Baseball playoff games.