65.6 MILLION REPORTED TO HAVE WATCHED 2ND 2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE............

The Neilsen Ratings Corporation issued a preliminary overnight report on today showing the estimated audience for last night's 2nd Obama / Romney Presidential Debate from Hofstra University, in Hempstead, New York; was 65.6 million viewers.  That is 1.6 million fewer persons than watched the First Obama-Romney Debate in Denver, Colorado; on October 3rd, but is 2.4 million more viewers than those tuned in for the second McCain / Obama Presidential Debate in 2008.  The Debate aired live on the five major broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, PBS; the five cable news networks, CNBC, CNN. FOX News, MSNBC, and Current TV; and by tape delay on the Spanish speaking networks Telemundo, and Univision.  The NBC Broadcast Network and FOX News Channel on Cable television led in the numbers of viewers watching last night's second Rombey / Obama face-off.   Final ratings number will be released in coming days............tdp