CNN: “Tuesday’s face-off between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden could go down in history as the most-watched political event of all time. In 2016, 84 million people watched the first debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton — the current record”
“The debate will be an event that a large chunk of the country watches in unison. The lines dividing the various echo chambers will temporarily be erased, and Americans tuning in will see the same debate with no ideological filters applied by the platform in which they are viewing it. Unlike other political events, like say the impeachment inquiry, it will be a moment when there is some shared reality among those who watch.”