{"id":3040,"date":"2019-06-27T14:52:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=3040"},"modified":"2019-06-27T14:52:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:52:12","slug":"nbc-news-msnbc-and-telemundo-draw-15-3-million-television-viewers-and-more-than-9-million-live-stream-viewers-for-the-first-night-of-the-first-democratic-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/06\/27\/nbc-news-msnbc-and-telemundo-draw-15-3-million-television-viewers-and-more-than-9-million-live-stream-viewers-for-the-first-night-of-the-first-democratic-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NEWS, MSNBC AND TELEMUNDO DRAW 15.3 MILLION TELEVISION VIEWERS AND MORE THAN 9 MILLION LIVE STREAM VIEWERS  FOR THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL\u00a0DEBATE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Beats\nEvery Primary Debate During the 2008 and 2012 Election Cycles<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em>June 27, 2019 \u2013 NBC News, MSNBC and\nTelemundo together drew a total of&nbsp;15.3&nbsp;million viewers for the first\nof the two-night Democratic presidential debate,&nbsp;beating every primary\ndebate during the 2008 and 2012 election cycles,&nbsp;according to Nielsen Fast\nNational Data.&nbsp;Last night\u2019s debate also attracted&nbsp;more than&nbsp;9\nmillion&nbsp;live stream viewers and was the most-watched program on television\nyesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kicking\noff the 2020 election cycle, the two-hour DNC-sanctioned debate\naveraged&nbsp;15.3 million&nbsp;television viewers, with&nbsp;4.3\nmillion&nbsp;in Adults 25-54 and&nbsp;3.7 million&nbsp;in Adults 18-49 across\nNBC, MSNBC and Telemundo from 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET last night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The debate\nlive stream saw&nbsp;more than 9&nbsp;million viewers\nand&nbsp;14&nbsp;million&nbsp;video views across all platforms,\nincluding&nbsp;NBCNews.com,&nbsp;MSNBC.com,&nbsp;Telemundo.com,&nbsp;NBC News\nNOW on OTT devices, Facebook, Twitter&nbsp;and&nbsp;YouTube. Users spent an\naverage of&nbsp;40&nbsp;minutes watching the debate&nbsp;via&nbsp;on-net\nplatforms, according to&nbsp;Adobe Analytics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The debate\ncontent&nbsp;for the day&nbsp;garnered&nbsp;more than 18&nbsp;million&nbsp;total\nviews across all platforms and devices. NBC&nbsp;<em>Stay&nbsp;Tuned\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;coverage of the debates\nattracted more than&nbsp;2.1 million&nbsp;users,&nbsp;75% under the age of 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nDemocratic debate was moderated by Lester Holt, anchor of&nbsp;<em>NBC Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Dateline NBC<\/em>, Savannah\nGuthrie,&nbsp;<em>TODAY<\/em>&nbsp;co-host\nand NBC News chief legal correspondent, Chuck Todd, moderator of&nbsp;<em>Meet the Press<\/em>&nbsp;and NBC\nNews political director, Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Rachel Maddow Show&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;Jos\u00e9\nD\u00edaz-Balart, anchor of&nbsp;<em>Noticias\nTelemundo<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>NBC\nNightly News Saturday<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday\u2019s\ndebate featured the following ten candidates:&nbsp;Sen. Cory Booker (NJ),\nformer Housing Secretary Juli\u00e1n Castro, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio,\nformer Rep. John Delaney (MD), Rep.&nbsp;Tulsi&nbsp;Gabbard (HI), Gov. Jay\nInslee (WA), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN), former Rep.&nbsp;Beto&nbsp;O&#8217;Rourke (TX),\nRep. Tim Ryan (OH) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second\nof the two-night debate will air tonight across all three networks from\n9:00-11:00 p.m. ET and will feature the following ten candidates: Sen. Michael\nBennet (CA), former Vice President Joe Biden, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (South Bend,\nIN), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Sen. Kamala Harris (CA), former Colorado\nGov. John Hickenlooper, Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT), Rep. Eric&nbsp;Swalwell&nbsp;(CA),\nauthor Marianne Williamson and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NBC NEWS\nAND MSNBC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More\nAmericans watch NBC News and MSNBC than any news organization in the world. NBC\nNews\u2019 award-winning television news broadcasts include&nbsp;TODAY,&nbsp;NBC\nNightly News with Lester Holt,&nbsp;Meet the Press with Chuck\nTodd,&nbsp;Dateline NBC,&nbsp;TODAY with&nbsp;Hoda&nbsp;and\nJenna&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist, as well as primetime\nspecials and breaking news reports. For the most recent 2017-2018 season, all\nfour NBC News marquee broadcasts were #1 in the key news demo for the third\nyear in a row. MSNBC is the premier cable destination for breaking and live\nnews coverage, in-depth analysis, and influential voices \u2013 24 hours a day, 7\ndays a week.&nbsp; The rapidly-growing NBC News Digital Group, including its\nstreaming news service NBC News NOW, along with the&nbsp;SiriusXM&nbsp;TODAY\nShow and MSNBC radio channels and NBC News Radio on the iHeartMedia 24\/7 News\nNetwork, provides continuous content to consumers wherever they are, whenever\nthey want it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBC News\nand MSNBC are part of the NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal,\nwhich is owned by Comcast Corporation.&nbsp; For more information about\nNBCUniversal, please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.NBCUniversal.com\">www.NBCUniversal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOTICIAS\nTELEMUNDO&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noticias&nbsp;Telemundo\nis a leading news provider for U.S. Hispanics. Its award-winning television\nnews broadcasts, airing from the Telemundo Center, include the daily newscast\n&#8220;Noticias&nbsp;Telemundo&#8221; with Jos\u00e9 D\u00edaz Balart,\n&#8220;Noticias&nbsp;Telemundo Fin de&nbsp;Semana&#8221; with Julio&nbsp;Vaqueiro,\n&#8220;Noticias&nbsp;Telemundo&nbsp;Mediod\u00eda&#8221; with Felicidad&nbsp;Aveleyra,\nthe &#8220;Un Nuevo D\u00eda&#8221; news segment with Paulina&nbsp;Sodi, and the\nSunday current affairs show &#8220;Enfoque&nbsp;con Jos\u00e9 D\u00edaz-Balart.&#8221; The\n&#8220;Noticias&nbsp;Telemundo Digital Team&#8221; provides continuous content to\nU.S. Hispanics via its growing online and mobile platforms.\n&#8220;Noticias&nbsp;Telemundo&nbsp;Investiga&#8221; produces investigative\nreports and in-depth documentaries.\n&#8220;Noticias&nbsp;Telemundo&nbsp;Planeta&nbsp;Tierra&#8221; offers\nenvironmental and climate change related information. In addition, &#8220;Noticias&nbsp;Telemundo&#8221;\nproduces award-winning news specials, documentaries and news events such as\npolitical debates, forums and town halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBC News\ncontact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dana\nKlinghoffer\/212-664-4088<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:Dana.Klinghoffer@nbcuni.com\">Dana.Klinghoffer@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MSNBC\ncontact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lorie&nbsp;Acio\/212-664-6733<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:Lorie.Acio@nbcuni.com\">Lorie.Acio@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Telemundo\ncontact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Camilo\nPino\/305-322-9584&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a 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