This just in from Nielsen: 70 million people watched last night's vice presidential debate between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and U.S. Sen. Joe Biden.
That's means 17.5 million more folks tuned in to see Joe and Sarah go at it than watched U.S. Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain debate, according to the Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet.
And get this:
69.9 million people watched the debate, tying it for second place among all Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. (The second Bush/Clinton/Perot debate of 1992 also have 69.9 million. The all-time debate leader is the Carter/Reagan debate of 1980.)
To read more from Nielsen, click here. A few more interesting tidbits before I sign off:
The Biden-Palin matchup set a new V.P. debate TV audience record, beating the previous high of 56.7 million viewers set by the debate between Rep. Geraldine Ferraro and then-V.P. George H.W. Bush in 1984.
Biden and Palin’s debate also surpassed the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, which drew an audience of 52.4 million last Friday night.
During the last presidential election in 2004, the vice presidential debate between V.P. Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards drew 43.6 million viewers.
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