Jon Stewart’s final “Daily Show” scored some monster ratings last night with an estimated 3.5 million viewers watching the sendoff:
BREAKING: Jon Stewart's final @TheDailyShow was watched by 3.5M viewers, according to Comedy Central. Second-most viewed of the series.
— Frank Pallotta (@frankpallotta) August 7, 2015
Of course, this was only about 20 million fewer viewers who watched the GOP debate on Fox News:
Jon Stewart Finale: 3.5 million
Fox GOP debate: 24 million— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) August 7, 2015
@FoxNews debate drew 7 times more viewers than Jon Stewart's final @TheDailyShow. https://t.co/70mOVer8cF
— Contends Settled Due to Shipping (@Contendment) August 7, 2015
Only 20.5 million fewer than watched the GOP debate on Fox. https://t.co/OgQ4FogGJX
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) August 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/JimmyTusheets/status/629729937813954560
https://twitter.com/JournalismJudge/status/629722512386052096
.@frankpallotta @ColemanESPN @TheDailyShow And the first GOP debate drew 24 million. In a country that half-votes.
— Bijan C. Bayne (@bijancbayne) August 7, 2015
We’re no Nielsen experts, but that seems like a lot.
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