The Sarah Palin Show - Highest Rated Debate Since 1992
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?Thursday’s highly anticipated face-off between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden may be the most-watched debate in 16 years.
Last night’s event totaled a 45.0 overnight meter-market household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research.
That’s 42% higher than Friday’s presidential debate between top-of-the-ticket contenders John McCain and Barack Obama, which scored a collective 31.6 rating among broadcast and cable networks.
It’s also a stunning 60% higher than the 2004 debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. In fact, the early figure surpasses any presidential debate since 1992’s second bout between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush (which received a 46.3 rating).
The 55-market measurement will likely decrease slightly when Nielsen releases total national viewers later today. If the rating stays above 43.6, it will mean Thursday night was the highest-rated vp debate in TV history, surpassing 1984’s most-watched record holder between George Bush and Geraldine Ferrarro.
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Last night’s Vice Presidential debate between Sarah “Kids’ Hockey Game” Palin and Joe “Downtown Wilmington” Biden was nothing short of adorable. We simply couldn’t decide which candidate would make the better leader we’d rather have a beer with! So, in an effort to determine whose really the best fit for this nation, we’re going to do as pundits Hillary Rosen and Ed Rollins did last night and tally up points for each candidate for no real discernible reason. Folksy colloquialisms? Point! Mentions of familial anecdotes? Point! Regional pronunciations? Point! Dead babies? Point, point, point! - from here
Last night, as Sarah Palin winked at the camera during the first and only vice presidential debate - at one point I thought she was trying to flirt with the folks back home. I know from a logical point of view she was just trying to lighten a comment she made about Joe Biden using the words ’say it ain’t so, Joe’, but having more than one meaning is always a trademark of a good politician. - from here