Writing that the initial numbers indicate “an overnight rating of 32.8 and a 70 share across eight networks,” representing a 28 percent increase over the Biden-Trump June debate, Fox TV analyst Michael Mulvihill says Tuesday night’s showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and convicted felon former President Trump “implies a national audience of over 65 million.”
Mulvihill added a note of caution, writing “the overnights haven’t been all that reliable as a predictor of the nationals lately, at least in sports, so I’d make that projection with low confidence.”