24 Million Watch GOP Debate on Fox News; Most-Watched Cable News Program EverBy Chris Ariens ![](http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/08/bret-kelly-chris-gopdebate-hed-2015.jpg)
In the estimation of many reporters who cover the political and media beats, Fox News was the winner of the first GOP debate. And with the just-released ratings we can confirm that.
A whopping 24 million watched the debate from 9 p.m. ET to just past 11 p.m. ET.
FNC drew 7.9 million in the A25-54 demo.This is poised to be the highest non-sports cable program of all time. It’s already the highest-rated cable news program of all time and Fox News’s most-watched program ever.
The 5 p.m. ET debate, withe the 7 lower-tier candidates did very well for Fox News too, drawing 6.1 million total viewers and 1.2 million in the demo, making it the third-highest primary debate ever on cable.
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