In a narrow defeat, the Democratic Debate lost to a rerun of the reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians with a Nielsen TV Rating of 4.8 to 6.1. This is a far cry from the Republican Debate that garnered 22.2 million viewers a month ago.
A prominent network executive told Variety, “People weren’t interested in the Democrats line-up. I wasn’t surprised to see them lose to a reality show with the Kardashian clan. Baseball playoffs were on and the stunning realization that many people aged 18-34 don’t know what channel CNN is on, nor do many of them pay for cable. It will be hard for the Democrats to attract a TV audience for the cord-cutting generation.
“Plus, there was no Trump factor. The Kardashians episode had the family packing clothes for their monthly vacation to Cabo. What do you think Americans want to watch?”
Rumors of Jon Stewart hosting a debate have been continuing to boil and may be the only way to draw larger ratings in the democratic primaries, that’s if the top two candidates are actually interested in debating before their nomination.
