Debate sets cable viewer record
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A record 8.3 million viewers tuned in to watch Thursday’s debate on CNN between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the last showdown of the two Democratic presidential aspirants before Super Tuesday.
The forum in Los Angeles, co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times and Politico, drew the biggest audience of any primary debate in cable history, according to Nielsen data provided by CNN, and was the second-highest rated of the season overall. The New Hampshire Democratic debate -- hosted by ABC on Jan. 5 -- pulled in 9.3 million viewers.
Thursday’s debate drew twice as large an audience as the Republican forum on CNN a day earlier; a little more than 4 million viewers tuned in to watch that event.
-- Matea Gold
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